Arctic Historic Seaway

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1319

Date Released

13 Sep 1954

Date submitted

6 Sep 1954

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1The Braemar Gathering
2. 2Doncaster Bloodstock Sales
3. 3Blackpool Lights Up
4. 4Scotland Keenan Trains
5. 5India Flood Havoc
6. 6Arctic Historic Seaway
7. 7Italy Crusaders Fight Again
8. 8Sydney Where the Sun Shines
9. 9USA Helicopter Record
10. 10Melbourne Raaf’s First Sabre
11. 11Algeria Earthquake

Story

Story No. within this Issue

6 / 11

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Arctic Ice Breaker. DESCRIPTION: A joint Canadian American expedition has succeeded in navigating the famous North West passage. Ice breakers were used to pierce the frozen barrier across McClure Strait. SHOTLIST: Very good shots of ice breaker cutting her way through ice. Seal swimming around in water.

Keywords

Ships and boats; Weather

Locations

Arctic

Footage sources

United States of America

Card file number

61775

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

54

Story extras:

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