Prince at Winfrith

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2021A
Date Released
29 Feb 1968
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Prince at Winfrith. DESCRIPTION: Prince Philip inaugurates Britain’s latest Nuclear Reactor at Winfrith Heath in Dorset. SHOTLIST: GV Nuclear Power Station at Winfrith Heath in Dorset. LAS design on facade of Power Station. MS pan the Duke of Edinburgh with officials, studies a model of the Power Station. MCU model. GV interior of Power Station. MS Duke and officials examining starting mechanism. CU Duke switches on the Power Station. CU dial registering voltage. CU commemorating plaque. HAS turbine generator. MS ditto. MCU man at control panel. LAS part of apparatus. LS cooling towers. GV ditto. GV pan control room. CU part of control panel. MS Duke being shown control room. CU number counter. CU counter showing how many units of Nuclear Electricity Britain has produced more than the world. MLS pan facade of Power Station. GV pylons. LAS ditto. MS ditto.
Keywords
Royalty; Buildings and structures; Science and technology; Ceremonies; Nuclear energy
Locations
Dorset; England; Winfrith Heath
Footage sources
Pathe Rota
Card file number
93280
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
114
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Prince at Winfrith', British Movietone News Issue No. 2021A, 29 Feb 1968. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/27272 (Accessed 06 Mar 2025)