News in Brief: Doing It by Halves

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1341
Date Released
14 Feb 1955
Date submitted
8 Feb 1955
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Dai Dower Wins Title
  2. 2Slippery Slopes
  3. 3Slippery Slopes
  4. 4News in Brief: Indian Derby
  5. 5News in Brief: Doing It by Halves
  6. 6News in Brief: The New Bluebird
  7. 7News in Brief: Drivers - Beware!
  8. 8The Duke with Variety Club

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 8
Section Title
News in Brief
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Launching Half a Tanker. DESCRIPTION: In Hamburg, a 26,000 ton German oil tanker has been built in two halves. The size of the dockyard did not allow the ship to be built in one piece. SHOTLIST: GV of tanker. GV as the tanker is launched. Follow shot of the tanker. GV of the tanker in the river.
Keywords
Ships and boats
Locations
Germany; Hamburg
Footage sources
Germany
Card file number
62835
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
45
Story extras:
Film clip

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