News on Screen

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2105A

Date Released

9 Oct 1969

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Diamond Awards
• 2. Half a Bar Coin
• 3. Step into Spring
• 4. Rubbish
• 5. News Scene: Australia - Sydney’s Worst Ever Fire ... Israel - Armed Forces Hold a Parachute Jumping Contest ... France - Paris Motor Show ... New Guinea - Papuan Safari

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 5

Section Title

News Scene

Summary

FULL TITLE: Australia - Nine Storehouses Destroyed In Sydney’s Worst Ever Fire. Israel - The Armed Forces Hold A Parachute Jumping Contest - Dropping Into Lake Tiberias Where Commando Rescue Boats Have Their Work Cut Out To Pick Them Up. France - Following The Paris Motor Show, A Closer Look At A New Electric City Car. New Guinea - Over Some Of The Toughest Driving Terrain In The World, The Two And A Half Day Papuan Safari. Seven Hundred Miles Of Mostly Unsurfaced Roads That Provide The Most Gruelling Test Any Car Designer Could Anticipate. MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: News Scene. SHOTLIST: GV traffic, column of smoke in distance. GV 2 shots fire incident. MS fire engine. GV scenes around fire. GV pan fire. GV scenes at fire. GV Lake Tiberias. MLS rescue boats manned by Israeli Commandos. G to A parachutists jump from plane. MS man holding smoke flare. 2 shots G to A parachutists. MS rescue boats. 3 shots parachutists land in lake. MS new electric cars. MS girl lifts body of car from chassis. MS body removed - battery revealed. MS girl replaces body. MCU seats of car - pan show man drives car. GV start of New Guinea Safari. MS cars towards and past. MS car past. MLS car down slope. MLS car skids onto road. Car past. 2 shots car through water. MS car gets stuck. MS spectators. Car past. MS car pulls out onto road. GV road. MS car in flames. MS car round bend. Car past camera. MLS car races past. TS car along road. MS winning car driven by John Keran and John Bryson.

Keywords

Sport; Buildings and structures; Vehicles; Environment; Aviation; Accidents and disasters; Military; Inventions and discoveries

Locations

France; Australia; New Guinea; Israel

Footage sources

Australia
France

Card file number

95227

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

245

Story extras:

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