Underwater Atlantic Crossing

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1255

Date Released

22 Jun 1953

Date submitted

18 Jun 1953

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Underwater Atlantic Crossing
2. 2Burning Tanker is Total Loss
3. 3Korean Protests
4. 4Russia Opens Austrian Controls
5. 5East Berlin Riots
6. 6Royal Ascot
7. *Keenan Wins Title

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Submarine Andrew Crosses Atlantic Underwater. DESCRIPTION: When the British submarine Andrew came in to tie up at Gosport, it was the end of a very remarkable voyage. She had crossed the Atlantic from Bermuda to the English Channel approaches, remaining submerged the whole way. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. Andrew coming into port. Various shots of the Andrew tied up shows name also. Lt Commander Scott comes ashore. CU Scott speaking about the trip.

Local distribution only

Not shown in Scotland.

Keywords

Ships and boats; Navy; Military

Locations

Gosport

Footage sources

Gaumont

Card file number

59264

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

71

Story extras:

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