Opera House

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2249
Date Released
10 Jul 1972
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Opera House. DESCRIPTION: At last, Sydney Opera House is nearly complete, that is, except for 1 1/2 acres of special glass from France. SHOTLIST: SV zoom back to GV Sydney Opera House. GV interior almost completed Opera House. SV two men manoeuvring sheet of glass into position for cutting & bevel. SV machine operator shaping glass. CU cutter shaping glass. CU operator. CU cutter pull back to SV machine being adjusted for bevelling glass. CU grinding wheel starting up. SV glass being bevelled. SV sheets of glass being hoisted by crane. GV angle shot scaffolding round Opera House. CU zoom back glass being positioned. Angle shot from inside Opera House through window, two men fixing glass. SV interior pan round new windows to boat going past in harbour through window. CU interior new window pull back to SV men working on windows. GV new Opera House.
Keywords
Buildings and structures
Locations
Sydney; Australia
Footage sources
Australia
Card file number
98264
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
120
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Opera House', British Movietone News Issue No. 2249, 10 Jul 1972. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/29461 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)