It’s an Up and Down World

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1893
Date Released
13 Sep 1965
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: It’s An Up and Down World. DESCRIPTION: From Russia a contest for firemen. The competitors run a 100 metres distance with obstacles and climb a four storey building. From Czechoslovakia, parachutists take part in a free fall contest to find the national champion. Near the Turkish capital, French and Turkish pot-holers were looking for an underground water supply. They discovered a vast underground lake which holds around 20 million gallons. SHOTLIST: TS Russian firemen running with ladders to practice wall. Pan up firemen climbing 1st section of wall. MS firemen preparing to climb second stage. LAS firemen climbing second stage. GV ditto. Aerial shot Czech parachutists competing in free fall contest. MS ditto. Aerial shot ditto. TS ditto. GV parachute opening out. LAS parachutist coming down to ground. Pan down parachutist landing. Pan down ditto. MS speleologists starting to go under ground. MS speleologists in underground caves. MS stalactites. MS speleologists underground. MS ditto. MS ditto. MS stalactites. MS speleologists underground. Ditto. MS ditto. MS speleologists at edge of underground lake. MS man falling into lake. MS man in water. BS ditto. Trucking shot through lake. MLS man going along underground lake.
Keywords
Emergency services; Exploration and explorers
Locations
Turkey; Russia; Czechoslovakia
Footage sources
France
Germany
Card file number
90163
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
152
Story extras:
Film clip

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'It’s an Up and Down World', British Movietone News Issue No. 1893, 13 Sep 1965. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/26142 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)