Pulling Together on Life Line

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1926
Date Released
2 May 1966
Stories in this Issue:

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Pulling Together on Life Line. DESCRIPTION: Life Line, the biggest combined Service Exercise, reached its climax in Wales. It involved ten thousand servicemen and was laid on to test the three services in their operational roles. SHOTLIST: Key Scene. GV helicopters on Operation Lifeline. LS helicopter landing. MLS troops out of helicopter and helicopter flies off. LSD troops run across open ground. MS ditto. MS ditto. LS ditto. MS soldiers running machine gun in ditch. CU ditto. MS ditto. MS company of Bersaglieri regiment from Italy run out of barracks. MS ditto. MS officers discussing plan of operation. CU one of officers. CU another officer. CU map. Pan helicopter flies past. Aerial shot. HMS Fearless at Castlemartin. Aerial shot ditto showing entrance to dry dock. GV landing craft leaving. CU observer looking through binoculars. GV landing craft coming up to beach. CU observer looking through binoculars. LS landing craft coming up to beach. Aerial shot ditto. LS vehicles off landing craft. Aerial shot ditto. LS ditto. MS ditto. LS vehicles off landing craft and up beach. MS observers watching. MCU ditto. CU ditto. zoom in armoured car on Operation Lifeline. MS soldiers in armoured car directing in planes with parachutists. LAS parachutists dropped from plane. LAS ditto. GV parachutists landing. Pan down ditto. Ditto. Ditto. Ditto. MS ditto. Pan down ditto. MCU soldier dressing injured leg of other soldier. CU ditto. MS ditto.
Local distribution only
Not shown in Scotland.
Keywords
Aviation; Navy; Military
Locations
Wales; Castlemartin
Card file number
91058
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Norman Fisher
Length of story (in feet)
221
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Pulling Together on Life Line', British Movietone News Issue No. 1926, 2 May 1966. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/26419 (Accessed 06 Mar 2025)