Landing an Elephant

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1165
Date Released
1 Oct 1951
Date submitted
27 Sep 1951
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1The Bulletins
  2. 2International Athletics by Floodlight
  3. 3Australia’s National Servicemen
  4. 4Landing an Elephant
  5. 5Some Important People Returning

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Landing An Elephant. DESCRIPTION: When the Itola came in to the Royal Albert Dock, London, she was almost like Noah’s Ark - so many beasts and birds were on board. An Elephant called Sita Devi had rather an unpleasant accident on deck, when they were trying to put her ashore. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. GV Itola & docks. MS Itola docked. Various shots of beasts & birds on deck of ship. Various shots of elephant (mother) & baby elephant. Unloading elephant, & landing elephant. Elephant falls out of sling onto deck of ship. Landing elephant. Mother & baby walk off quayside.
Keywords
Buildings and structures; Ships and boats; Children; Accidents and disasters; Animals
Locations
London; Royal Albert Docks
Card file number
56141
Credits:
Camera
Alec Tozer
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
102
Story extras:
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