News on Screen

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2033

Date Released

20 May 1968

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Anxiety in High Places
• 2. News in Colour: The Cup Final

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 2

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Anxiety in High Places. DESCRIPTION: The collapse of the two-hundred foot Tower Block in Canning Town - with the miraculous escape of almost all its residents - raises widespread doubts about the pre-fabricated type of construction. All of us eagerly await the findings of the enquiry - not least the present and future inhabitants of the Tower Blocks. SHOTLIST: Pan down collapsed block of flats at Canning Town. LS ditto. MS pan fire man clearing debris. MS ditto. MLS body carried on stretcher to ambulance. MS people watching. MS pan as ambulance drives off. GV debris being cleared. MS & LS ditto. MCU men pointing to block of flats. Pan up damaged section of flats. GV ditto. GV debris being cleared. LAS top section of flats. LAS ditto. MS people carrying some of their possessions away from flats. MS ditto. MS Mr Callaghan walking amongst debris. MS ditto - flats in b/g. GV collapsed flats - another tall block beside it. Ronan Point Disaster.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Vehicles; Health and medicine; Accidents and disasters; Engineering

Locations

London; England; Canning Town

Card file number

93562

Credits:

Camera

Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw

Camera

Laurence Rush

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

137

Story extras:

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