News Briefs: Danish Ship Raised

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1265

Date Released

31 Aug 1953

Date submitted

26 Aug 1953

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1News Briefs: Persian Upheaval
2. 2News Briefs: Korean Red Cross Teams
3. 3News Briefs: Danish Ship Raised
4. 4German News
5. 5German News
6. 6German News
7. 7Choosing a Beauty Queen
8. 8It Started in Paris
9. *Southport’s Famous Show

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 8

Section Title

News Briefs

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: News Briefs - Danish Ship Raised. DESCRIPTION: The capsized Danish liner Kronprinz Frederik is refloated at Harwich. SHOTLIST: Cut story - Ship lying on side, she is the ‘Kronprinz Frederik’. Deck covered in barnacles and weed. Men up side of ship and onto sloping deck. Interior shots of decks covered with slime. Water pumped out. Ship righted. Shots of ship upright in dock.

Local distribution only

Not shown in Liverpool.

Keywords

Ships and boats

Locations

Harwich

Footage sources

BBC
Gaumont
British Paramount

Card file number

59625

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Camera

Paul Wyand

Length of story (in feet)

50

Story extras:

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