Diving for Dishes

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2088A
Date Released
12 Jun 1969
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Diving for Dishes. DESCRIPTION: Royal Naval cadets at Dartmouth have been learning diving - and using the opportunity to recover relics from the old training ship, Britannia. SHOTLIST: GV harbour pan up to Britannia Royal Naval College at Dartmouth. MS model of 19th Century training ship Britannia. MS team of divers from Naval College jump into water. MCU portrait of the Britannia. MS diver rises to surface holding pieces of 19th century crockery belonging to Britannia. MCU crockery handed to colleague on boat. MS divers in water alongside boat. MCU diver goes underwater. MS diver surfaces with 19th century bedpan. MS diver in water. MS colleague empties water from bedpan. MLS diver jumps from boat into water. MLS boat from which the divers made their exploration. MCU plate inscribed with word ‘Mess’. 3 shots of salvaged crockery on display.
Keywords
Education and training; Ships and boats; Navy; Military; History and archaeology
Locations
United Kingdom; Dartmouth
Card file number
94825
Credits:
Camera
John Wanstall
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
108
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Diving for Dishes', British Movietone News Issue No. 2088A, 12 Jun 1969. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/27891 (Accessed 03 Mar 2025)