Kirkwall’s Diesel Station

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1146

Date Released

21 May 1951

Date submitted

18 May 1951

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Festival Fashions and Fabrics
2. 2Can You Beat It?
3. 3Salvador Tragedy
4. 4HRH with Grenadiers
5. 5Back from Malaya
6. 6Paratroops Ready for Anything
7. *Kirkwall’s Diesel Station

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Opening Kirkwall New Diesel Power Station - No Film. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. GV Power Station. Interior - Mrs Woodburn receives bouquet. On platform with other officials. Mrs Woodburn pulling over levers, starts turbines. Cut-in turbines & gauges. Elevated GV stone quarries. Masons working on site. Various SCU parts of the power station produced in stone. GV power station.

Local distribution only

Scotland only instead of first item.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Science and technology; Industry and manufacture; Ceremonies

Card file number

55483

Credits:

Camera

John Charles Elder

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

93

Story extras:

Film clip

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