War Time Hangover

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1407
Date Released
21 May 1956
Date submitted
17 May 1956
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Forty Years On
  2. 2Princess Margaret Opens School for the Blind
  3. 3Nautilus at Sea
  4. 4The Trumans’ European Tour
  5. 5Arms for Germany
  6. 6Beauty in Glasses
  7. 7A Princess Marries
  8. 8Desert Harvest
  9. 9War Time Hangover
  10. *NATO Chief in Scotland

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue
9 / 9
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: War Time Hangover. DESCRIPTION: In Fairlight Glen near Hastings a Lost minefield (a hangover from the war) has been dealt with. Troops found the site and bomb disposal units were on the job. SHOTLIST: Lost minefield, troops searching for mines, using flamethrowers to clear away scrub. Searching for mines. Detectors, officer scraping. Flame throwers mine exploded, prizing bottom. Explosion.
Local distribution only
Not shown in Scotland.
Keywords
Weapons; Explosions; Military
Locations
Hastings; Sussex; Fairlight Glen
Card file number
66986
Credits:
Commentator
David Lewis Jacobs
Camera
Len Waldorf
Length of story (in feet)
86
Story extras:
Film clip

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