Mr Strauss Starts New Aluminium Plant

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1113

Date Released

2 Oct 1950

Date submitted

22 Sep 1950

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Korea - Enemy Collapse
2. 2Bevin’s Address to UN Assembly
3. 3Australia Welcomes British Immigrants
4. 4Mr Strauss Starts New Aluminium Plant
5. 5France Restores 1918 Setting of Armistice
6. 6Tommy Farr Wins by a Knock-Out
7. 7Trailer: 4d Minimum Foreign Letter Postage

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 7

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Mr Strauss Starts New Aluminium Plant. DESCRIPTION: To inaugurate the Northern Aluminium Company’s new plant at Rogerstone, near Newport, came the Minister of Supply with words of congratulation for the Company. Mr Strauss started operations by putting the big scalping machine in motion. SHOTLIST: KS. MS sheet aluminium passing through water spray. Elevated GV exterior of new plant. Interior - Strauss congratulates company on enterprise & imagination. Cut-in staff & workers listening. Strauss presses button starts "Scalping Machine". Cut-in Scalping Machine working. Various shots of aluminium gradually being thinned out into sheet aluminium. Sheet aluminium being coiled by machinery, lifted up by overhead cranes & being stacked.

Keywords

Politics and government; Industry and manufacture

Locations

Newport; Rogerstown

Card file number

54361

Credits:

Camera

Alec Tozer

Commentator

Lionel James Gamlin

Camera

Norman Fisher

Length of story (in feet)

107

Story extras:

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