Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Parachuted Dogs in Arctic Rescue

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
976
Date Released
16 Feb 1948
Date submitted
12 Feb 1948
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Parachuted Dogs in Arctic Rescue
  2. 2Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Sport - Australia’s Chosen to Battle for Ashes
  3. 3Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Sport - Brilliant Rallies in the Table Tennis Finals
  4. 4Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Russian Grain Ship Arrives
  5. 5Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Pathfinder Bennett Talks to Movietone

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 5
Section Title
Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Parachuted Dogs in Arctic Rescue. DESCRIPTION: As part of their training for Arctic rescues Huskies are parachuted onto the frozen wastes. SHOTLIST: KS Labrador Retrievers lifted from lorry into plane. Several shots of same. Aerial shots of plane in flight. Inside plane dogs fitted with parachute harness. Sled driver jumps out of plane (out of camera). Over camera shot of him floating to earth. Over camera sled floats down on two parachutes. Over camera two dogs float down to earth. Ditto one dog floating down, wagging his tail. Several shots dogs harnessed to sled and making their way through thick snow and forests. LS sled approaching wrecked plane in fore. Countryside covered in snow.
Keywords
Animals
Locations
Labrador
Footage sources
United States of America
Card file number
49820
Credits:
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Length of story (in feet)
111
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