A Dog’s Life

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1317
Date Released
30 Aug 1954
Date submitted
25 Aug 1954
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Weather Spoils Harvest
  2. 2Miss Great Britain
  3. 3US Train Wreck
  4. 4Errand of Mercy
  5. 5New Mine Destroyer
  6. 6A Dog’s Life
  7. 7Ride’em Cowboy
  8. 8War on Gnats
  9. 9Mecca Pilgrimage
  10. *Southport Flower Show

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue
6 / 9
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Parachuting Dog. DESCRIPTION: At Graz, in Austria, police dog Lux makes his first parachute jump. The purpose of training the dog is to help in the search of victims of Alpine accidents. SHOTLIST: CU of Lux entering aircraft. Interior shots of Lux and his master. Looking through windscreen. LS of plane flying. Lux and his master jumping. Lux landing. CU of Lux and master. Lux eating a hot-dog.
Keywords
Curiosities; Police; Animals
Locations
Graz; Austria
Footage sources
Germany
Card file number
61702
Credits:
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Length of story (in feet)
62
Story extras:
Film clip

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