Adventure

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
352A
Date Released
5 Mar 1936
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
9 / 9
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Discovery II’s Own Authentic Film of Ellsworth Drama. DESCRIPTION: Discovery II’s own authentic film of Ellsworth Drama. SHOTLIST: Shots of the Antarctic coast. LS of rescue party struggling across the ice. Shot of the rescue ship ‘Discovery II’. In Melbourne the ship takes aboard a plane. The plane is being kept tuned up on board. Shot of ice packs. Bows of ship going through the ice. Penguins waddling away from the ship. Flt Lt Douglas on skis over the frozen ground. Plane skimming across the water. Shot of the rescue party and Ellsworth meeting. They struggle back to the ship. Shots of Kenyon and Ellsworth on board. Shot of the ‘Discovery’ ploughing through very rough seas. Good shot of the rough seas as seen from ship. ‘Discovery’ at sea. Crowd rush to the quay to meet the adventurers back. They leave the ship. CU Ellsworth speaking. Shots of Ellsworth home in the snow.
Keywords
Ships and boats; Weather; Aviation; Birds; Animals; Military
Footage sources
Movietone
Card file number
4309
Credits:
Commentator
Eric Dunstan
Length of story (in feet)
188
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Adventure', British Movietone News Issue No. 352A, 5 Mar 1936. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/6254 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)