News in Brief: Atlantic Raft

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1420A

Date Released

23 Aug 1956

Date submitted

21 Aug 1956

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1The Court in Scotland
2. 2Cyprus - Outlook Brighter
3. 3News in Brief: India’s Tenth Anniversary
4. 4News in Brief: African Jubilee
5. 5News in Brief: TV Takes Off
6. 6News in Brief: It’s Floods Now
7. 7News in Brief: How to Deal with Them
8. 8News in Brief: Atlantic Raft
9. 9Arab Protest

Story

Story No. within this Issue

8 / 9

Section Title

News in Brief

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Atlantic Raft Arrives. DESCRIPTION: The L’Egare II in Falmouth after its adventurous 87 days trans-Atlantic drift from Halifax, Nova Scotia. SHOTLIST: Panning shot of L’Egare II. Various shots of the boat. Shots of the crew. TPS policeman picking up a black cat on the boat. MLS of the boat (x2).

Local distribution only

Not shown in Scotland.

Keywords

Ships and boats

Locations

Falmouth

Card file number

67970A

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Camera

Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw

Length of story (in feet)

48

Story extras:

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