Le Macha Fishing Fleet

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1091A
Date Released
4 May 1950
Date submitted
25 Apr 1950
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Trailer: The Right Time
  2. 2Windsor Pageantry - Garter Procession
  3. 3Their Majesties Visit Festival Site
  4. 4May Day
  5. 5West Indies Ready for the Season
  6. 6Arsenal Celebrate
  7. *Miners’ Gala Day
  8. *President O’Kelly in Rome
  9. *Army Carnival
  10. *Le Macha Fishing Fleet
  11. *Villages Traditional Procession

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Story

Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Le Macha - Fishing Boat Protector. SHOTLIST: LE Macha leaves harbour for patrol. Aboard ship gun crews given the alert at their guns. Cleaning the ship. Radar working. The corvette returns to port. Navigator plots course. Guns alerted. Corvette overhauls fishing trawler for investigation. Corvette passes Poolbeg Lighthouse. Hoisting ship’s pennant as it enters harbour.
Local distribution only
Ireland release only
Keywords
Ships and boats; Weapons; Fisheries
Locations
Dun Laoghaire Harbour
Card file number
53617
Credits:
Camera
George Fleishchmann
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
203
Story extras:
Film clip

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