News in Colour: Dreadnought Blows Up Tanker
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- British Movietone News
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- 1 / 3
- Section Title
- News in Colour
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: News in Colour - Dreadnought Blows Up Tanker. DESCRIPTION: Colour report from the North Atlantic. The Nuclear Submarine Dreadnought torpedoes the bow section of the stricken German Tanker Essberger Chemist and her dangerous cargo of Acetone and Alcohol. SHOTLIST: Aerial shot over the German tanker Essberger Chemist. CU pilot as plane flies over the tanker. Aerial shot over the tanker. Aerial shot as HMS Dreadnought approaching tanker. Aerial shot ditto. Aerial shot over the tanker. MS propellers of the RAF Shackleton. Aerial shot over the tanker. CU pilot as plane flies over the tanker. Aerial shot Dreadnought approaching tanker. Aerial shot tanker. CU pilot. Aerial shot over tanker. Aerial shot tanker, and showing streaks from Dreadnought’s torpedoes. CU pilot. Aerial shot as torpedoes hit tanker. Aerial shot tanker burning. GV ditto (x2). Aerial shot looking through cockpit of Shackleton at blazing tanker.
- Keywords
- Ships and boats; Weapons; Aviation; Fires; Navy; Accidents and disasters; Military
- Locations
- Atlantic Ocean
- Card file number
- 92531
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Peter Nerreter
- Length of story (in feet)
- 137
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'News in Colour: Dreadnought Blows Up Tanker', British Movietone News Issue No. 1987, 3 Jul 1967. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/26950 (Accessed 23 Jun 2025)