Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: The Great Fog Hold-Up

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1018

Date Released

6 Dec 1948

Date submitted

30 Nov 1948

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Arab Refugee Problem
2. 2Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Cat Aristocrats
3. 3Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Toy House for Baby Prince
4. 4Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: A Railway Comes of Age
5. 5Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: US Dock Strike Ends
6. 6Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: The Great Fog Hold-Up
7. 7Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: International Soccer - England V Switzerland
8. 8Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: American Football - Army & Navy Battle for Honours

Story

Story No. within this Issue

6 / 8

Section Title

Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Great Fog. DESCRIPTION: The whole of the British Isles was enveloped in a thick fog which lasted several days. SHOTLIST: KS GV traffic in fog. Bus into camera out of fog. CU person reading newspaper. GVs Embankment, shows fog lying low on River Thames. GV train viaduct at Stockport. Various shots of wrecked train on viaduct.

Keywords

Weather

Locations

London; Stockport

Card file number

51125

Credits:

Camera

David W. Samuelson

Camera

Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw

Camera

James Humphries

Commentator

Lionel James Gamlin

Length of story (in feet)

62

Story extras:

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