The New Era

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1429
Date Released
22 Oct 1956
Date Other
Oct 1956
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1The New Era
  2. 2Alphonse the Hunter
  3. 3The Man in Moscow
  4. 4Princess Margaret’s Tour
  5. *The Queen in Scotland

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The New Era. DESCRIPTION: Calder Hall, in Cumberland and the opening of the first large-scale atom power station in the world. The Queen performed the ceremony of the big switch-on. Sir Edwin Plowden presented Viscount Waverley, one of many contributors to atomic energy development. Later, at Workington’s Steel Works, one practical application of Calder Hall’s production of electricity was inspected. SHOTLIST: Calder Hall in Cumberland and the opening of the first large scale Atomic Power Station in the world. GV Calder Hall. Various shots of the building. Royal car arrives. Sir Edwin Plowden greets the Queen. CU clock with kilowatts. Queen performs the ceremony of pushing a switch. Sir Edwin Plowden presents Viscount Waverley (and then Mr Topichiev - Atomic Scientist). Queen’s speech - Today as power from Calder Hall begins to flow into the National Grid all of us here know that we are present at the making of history. Within the span of a few generations our way of life has been transformed beyond anything our forefathers could have imagined. And I hope this occasion will be an inspiration and encouragement to all who will continue this exciting enterprise here and elsewhere. It is with pride that I now open Calder Hall Britain’s first Atomic Power station. Lever being pulled. CU clock. SCU Workington’s Steel Works, steel rods. Shots of the station and workers. GV Calder Hall and Union flag.
Keywords
Royalty; Politics and government; Ceremonies; Nuclear energy
Locations
Cumberland; Calder Hall
Footage sources
Gaumont British News Rota
Card file number
68593
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
225
Story extras:
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