News Briefs: Salvaging Liner

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1236A

Date Released

12 Feb 1953

Date submitted

9 Feb 1953

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1News Briefs: Egypt’s Hero
2. 2News Briefs: Salvaging Liner
3. 3News Briefs: Colmore Cup
4. 4News Briefs: Templer’s Tour
5. 5Holland Mourns Flood Victims
6. 6Coronation Preparations - Her Majesty’s Robes & Beasts
7. 7Johnson Wins Empire Title
8. *Soccer - Dundee V Rangers
9. *Rugger - Scotland V Wales

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 7

Section Title

News Briefs

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Salvaging the Empress of Canada. DESCRIPTION: Salvage work has begun on the Empress of Canada, lying on her side in dock at Liverpool after the disastrous fire. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. MS ship on side. Various shots of diver being fitted out & descending into water. Oxy-acetylene burners cutting away deck rails. Mast being lifted out of water, falls from crane.

Local distribution only

Not shown in Scotland or Cardiff.

Keywords

Ships and boats; Industry and manufacture; Engineering

Locations

Liverpool; Gladstone Dock

Card file number

58537

Credits:

Camera

James Humphries

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

45

Story extras:

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