Cameraman Becomes Caveman

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1928
Date Released
16 May 1966
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 3
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Cameraman Becomes Caveman. DESCRIPTION: Our West Country Cameraman went along with a Cave Rescue Team from Seale Hayne Agricultural College in Devon. The scene of the operation was Priddensleigh Cave near Ashburton. Heavy rain on the day of the expedition, produced flooding and they had to sit it out. Altogether they were underground for seventeen hours. SHOTLIST: Key Scene: MS cave rescue team arriving at Priddensleigh Cave. MLS ditto. MS pan team walking to cave entrance. CU team entering cave. MS interior cave. CU ditto. MCU interior team in cave. MS members of team carrying stretchers. MS ditto. Top shot body of injured girl down Bear Pit. Top shot ditto. CU member of team prepared to rescue girl. MS ditto drops rope ladder off side of pit. CU ditto climbs down ladder. CU ditto at top of pit. Top shot man climbs down ladder. CU member of team waiting at top of pit. TS men treating injured person at bottom of pit. MCU stretcher lowered down pit. CU member of team treating victim. TS victim to stretcher. MS member of team raising stretcher up. TS stretcher raised up sides of pit. CU member of team. MCU man raising stretchers. MS stretchers raised. BS member of rescue team. MS ditto. Pan down ditto on telephone. MS girl replying from outside of cave. CU injured girl on stretcher pan member of team. MS team on way back to entrance. CU members of team. CU stretcher pulled through cave. MS ditto. MS ditto. BS ditto. MS ditto. MS stretcher pulled through cave entrance. TS ditto. MS ditto. LS stretcher carried away from cave.
Keywords
Exploration and explorers
Locations
Priddensleigh Cave; Ashburton
Card file number
91113
Credits:
Camera
John Wanstall
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
225
Story extras:
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'Cameraman Becomes Caveman', British Movietone News Issue No. 1928, 16 May 1966. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/26436 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)