Niagara Rescue

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1214A

Date Released

11 Sep 1952

Date submitted

Sep 1952

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Premier at Woodford
2. 2Children’s Art Show
3. 3Final Stages of Cycle Tour
4. 4Locke’s Golf Challenge
5. 5Niagara Rescue
6. 6Farnborough Air Tragedy
7. *New Colours for Scottish Paratroopers

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Niagara Rescue. DESCRIPTION: A party of police and firemen from Canada and United States recently rescued a man from the Horseshoe Falls in the Niagara River. SHOTLIST: GV Horseshoe Falls. VG shots of falls. CU swirling waters. Man clings to rock. Rapids - Rope thrown to man who catches same. People make human chain to drag the man in. Man dragged ashore and laid on ground.

Keywords

Environment; Accidents and disasters

Footage sources

Movietone

Card file number

57785

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

62

Story extras:

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