News and Sports Pageant of Movietone by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: Ship Aground on Barrier Reef on Maiden Voyage
Series
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- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 4 / 12
- Section Title
- News and Sports Pageant of Movietone by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Freighter Aground on Reef. SHOTLIST: On her maiden voyage the freighter goes ashore on the reef at Queensland and she is so firmly stuck that hope of satisfactory salvage is given up. Various long and close shots.
- Keywords
- Ships and boats; Environment; Accidents and disasters
- Footage sources
- Australia
- Card file number
- 33731
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Alan Howland
- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 31
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How to cite this record
'News and Sports Pageant of Movietone by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: Ship Aground on Barrier Reef on Maiden Voyage', British Movietone News Issue No. 480A, 18 Aug 1938. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/9110 (Accessed 25 Jun 2025)