Maritime Affairs: Ferry Boat Icebreaker

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1395A
Date Released
1 Mar 1956
Date submitted
27 Feb 1956
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Ireland V Scotland
  2. 2Maritime Affairs: Ferry Boat Icebreaker
  3. 3Maritime Affairs: New Tanker
  4. 4Maritime Affairs: Hmas Melbourne
  5. 5Colonial Secretary Visits Cyprus
  6. 6Aqua Jumping
  7. 7Marching to the Mosque
  8. 8Britain’s Guided Missile

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 8
Section Title
Maritime Affairs
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Ferry Boat Icebreaker ‘Baltic’. DESCRIPTION: With the Baltic frozen, the only maritime link between Germany and Scandinavia has been the ferry. Two new and powerful ferryboat are in operation to take the trains across. They’re virtually ice breakers as well as ferryboats. SHOTLIST: Shots of the train going onto the ferry boat. SCU ferry. Captain with binoculars. SCU train leaving.
Keywords
Ships and boats
Locations
Germany; Baltic Sea; Denmark; Grossenbrode; Yedser
Footage sources
Germany
Card file number
66116
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Camera
Wilquin
Length of story (in feet)
201
Story extras:
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