Water World

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1974
Date Released
3 Apr 1967
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Water World. DESCRIPTION: France launches her first Nuclear Submarine. In Australia, a new light weight sailcloth contributes to the challenge for the America’s Cup. At Staines, on the Thames, a new British Mooring device attracts the interest of pleasure boatmen. In the Solent, an experimental lifeboat shows her paces - the fastest life-saver in the world! SHOTLIST: Key shot. MLS Redoutable on slip way before launching. MLS name Le Redoutable on submarine. MLS President de Gaulle at launching ceremony. MS people watching. MLS President de Gaulle presses button to launch submarine. Pan Le Redoutable moves down slipway. GV Le Redoutable down slipway and into water. LS President de Gaulle clapping as sub goes into water. GV Le Redoutable in water. Aerial shot Dame Pattie at sea. Aerial shot same. Aerial shot Gretel at sea. MS men looking at new sail cloth in mill. CU ditto. GV pan interior of mill in Sydney. MS cloth coming off machines onto roller. MS materials going into machines. CU pan cloth being made on machine. CU ditto (x2). Aerial shot Dame Pattie at sea. MLS boat pulls into river bank. MLS girl jumps off boat and starts to tie boat to mooring. MCU girl secures rope to boat. MS girl secures other rope to front of boat. CU ditto. MS girl moves Teeta Totta to push boat into river away from bank. CU girl secures rope. MLS boat moored to Teeta Totta. MS wake from boat as it passes boat secured to Teeta Totta. MLS boat rocked by wake but kept away from bank by Teeta Totta. MS new lifeboat at sea. MS new lifeboat approaches camera at sea. MS new lifeboat at sea. MLS ditto. Pan ditto.
Keywords
Sport; Politics and government; Ships and boats; Industry and manufacture; Safety devices; Sailing; Navy; Military; Nuclear energy; Launchings; Inventions and discoveries
Locations
France; Sydney; Australia; England; Cherbourg; Solent; Staines
Card file number
92205
Credits:
Camera
Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
263
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Water World', British Movietone News Issue No. 1974, 3 Apr 1967. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/26833 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)