News on Screen

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

167A

Date Released

18 Aug 1932

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. August Sun Finds Seaside Exultant
• 2. Plague of Locusts Visits Africa
• 3. Royal Engineers Throw a Bridge
• 4. Republic Exults in Confusion of Foes
• 5. History Rolls Back at Fountains Abbey
• 6. Italian Fleet Holds Summer Exercises
• 7. Cornes Makes His Effort Too Late

Story

Story No. within this Issue

6 / 7

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Italian Fleet Holds Summer Exercises. DESCRIPTION: Smoke screen at Taranto Bay is striking phase of destroyer drill in Ionian Sea. SHOTLIST: Shot with big gun in corner of picture of two destroyers at sea. Destroyers steaming past camera. Shot taken from stern and including sea breaking over this stern of two destroyers line ahead at sea. Shot of structure showing plane on board. Destroyers at speed. Plane formation overhead. Plane lays smoke screen and a destroyer steams through same. Good shot of smoke swirling about the camera with rope of ship in picture. Destroyer looms out of smoke screen.

Keywords

Ships and boats; Weapons; Aviation; Navy; Military

Footage sources

Movietone

Card file number

1962

Length of story (in feet)

67

Story extras:

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