Water for Birmingham

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1221
Date Released
27 Oct 1952
Date submitted
24 Oct 1952
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1New Flats for South London
  2. 2Sarawak Greets Duchess
  3. 3Early Snow
  4. 4Japs Parade Again
  5. 5Vyshinsky’s False Accusations
  6. 6Anglo-American Wedding at St Margaret’s
  7. 7Rover to the Rescue
  8. 8Water for Birmingham

Story

Story No. within this Issue
8 / 8
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Water for Birmingham. (Queen Opens Claerwen Dam, Wales). DESCRIPTION: The £2,000,000 Claerwen dam in the Elan Valley in Wales is the biggest of its kind in Great Britain; its opening was performed by Her Majesty the Queen, who was accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. GV Dam. Various shots of the dam. Queen & Duke walk across bridge towards platform. Crowds cheering. Queen (strong wind blowing) officially opens dam. Queen pulls lever over & shots of water trickling over dam wall. SCU water rushing through pass.
Keywords
Royalty; Buildings and structures; Weather; Ceremonies; Engineering
Card file number
58023
Credits:
Camera
George Richardson
Commentator
Lionel Marson
Camera
Norman Fisher
Camera
Paul Wyand
Length of story (in feet)
188
Story extras:
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