Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Holiday Innovations

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
948A
Date Released
7 Aug 1947
Date submitted
28 Jul 1947
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Holiday Innovations
  2. 2Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten Back at Duty
  3. 3Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Funeral of Palestine Victims
  4. 4Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: St Nazaire Greets War Heroes
  5. 5Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Churchill at Blenheim Palace
  6. 6Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Trailer: Women Must Work

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 6
Section Title
Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Sea Rescue Rubber Boats. DESCRIPTION: A new rubber boat was being tried out by the American Army Air Force. In New London they have a restaurant in a swimming pool. SHOTLIST: KS US Army lay rubber raft on ground. MS soldier pulling plug, raft starts to self inflate. MS of self inflated rubber raft. GV carrying raft to water. Attaching two outboard motors. GV of raft coming towards camera under power of two motors. NEW LONDON - TS looking down on swimming pool surrounded by crowd and with two floating tables on it. GV two floating tables with diners seated around. MS long table laden with food, chefs stand behind. CU cake from tray onto plate and another. TS two waitresses in pool with floating trays then one swims to table. GV tables as waitress serves one. MS diners at table. MS man handed bill. GV as man puts hand to forehead and falls back into pool.
Keywords
Inventions and discoveries
Locations
Wisconsin; Sheboggan
Footage sources
United States of America
Card file number
48933
Credits:
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Length of story (in feet)
158
Story extras:

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