Learning on ScreenUS War Plant Under Way - Atomic Shelter
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- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 4 / 5
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Us War Plant Under Way & Atomic Shelter. DESCRIPTION: A sign of the times at Forth Worth, Texas: B36 bombers now being produced in large numbers. Believed to be the world’s largest military aircraft, the B36 will have an important role to play - should war come. Meanwhile, in Vancouver (Canada), a gentleman who prefers to remain anonymous, is determined to protect himself against atomic warfare by building his own shelter. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. Air to air shot B36 in flight. GV (interior) assembly, mass production of planes underway. Workmen push component parts along shop. Engines being pushed through workshop. The above is at Fort Worth, Texas, and they are B36 Jet Bombers. (37 secs). Vancouver. Canada - Sub-title, Person enters atomic shelter. MS exterior of atomic shelter. Instrument test (Geiger Counter) for radioactivity. Owner enters shelter & CU door being closed & locked. Interior - shot of oxygen tank with owner sitting next to same. (45 secs).
- Keywords
- Aviation; Science and technology; Industry and manufacture; Safety devices; Civil defence; Military; Nuclear energy
- Footage sources
- United States of America
- Card file number
- 54869
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 123
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