News in Brief: Drivers - Beware!

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1341
Date Released
14 Feb 1955
Date submitted
9 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
7 / 8
Section Title
News in Brief
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Road Safety Demonstration. DESCRIPTION: To demonstrate the effect of a head-on collision, the Danish Road Safety organisation arranged for a car to be dropped by a crane from eighty feet. SHOTLIST: GV of crowds round the car. Dummy driver and passenger being placed into the car. The car being hoisted to the crane. The car being hoisted. Car dropping. Hitting the ground. CU of wreckage.
Keywords
Vehicles
Locations
Denmark
Footage sources
France
Card file number
62847
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
45
Story extras:
Film clip

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