Movietone’s News - Reported by Geoffrey Sumner: Hunting Porpoises

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
996A
Date Released
8 Jul 1948
Date submitted
6 Jul 1948
Date submitted
5 Jul 1948
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Movietone’s News - Reported by Geoffrey Sumner: Northolt Air Disaster
  2. 2Movietone’s News - Reported by Geoffrey Sumner: Last British Troops Leave Palestine
  3. 3Movietone’s News - Reported by Geoffrey Sumner: Hunting Porpoises
  4. 4Movietone’s News - Reported by Geoffrey Sumner: India Takes over Famous Cruiser
  5. 5Movietone’s News - Reported by Geoffrey Sumner: Berlin Impasse
  6. 6Movietone’s News - Reported by Geoffrey Sumner: Trailer: What’s in a Number
  7. 6Movietone’s News - Reported by Geoffrey Sumner: UN Delegates in Palestine
  8. *Movietone’s News - Reported by Geoffrey Sumner: Leeds Children’s Day
  9. *Movietone’s News - Reported by Geoffrey Sumner: Scottish Tour Ends

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 6
Section Title
Movietone’s News - Reported by Geoffrey Sumner
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Hunting Porpoises. DESCRIPTION: Porpoises are captured for the Marineland Studios in Florida. SHOTLIST: Full screen of sea, panning to formations of porpoises swimming through water. Launch, with one of the crew throwing in fishing equipment. Porpoises caught by tail. Hauled aboard. Underwater photography - porpoise under water being fed by keeper wearing helmet. In pool, porpoise jumping for small fish.
Keywords
Animals
Locations
Florida
Footage sources
United States of America
Card file number
50439
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
77
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