Learning on ScreenSearch for Kidnapped Officer
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 3 / 7
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Search for Kidnapped Officer. DESCRIPTION: Tanks were on patrol in Port Said during the search for 2nd Lieutenant Moorhouse, the 20 year old National Service Officer, kidnapped by the Egyptians. A section of the old town was cordoned off by British troops who made a systematic search of every building. It has since been reported that Lieutenant Moorhouse is being held somewhere in the Nile-Delta. Meanwhile, the troopship ‘Dilwara’ arrived at Southampton from Port Said with British Servicemen home for Christmas. SHOTLIST: Shot of soldier standing by a barbed wire fence. Various shots of tanks along the streets. British troops searching streets and buildings etc. Troops searching men etc. Shots of the men in a line with their hands on their heads. Men walking along the streets. Slip pan to Southampton Docks where the ‘Dilwara’ arrived from Port Said. Troops disembarking. Troops waving at camera. One troop speaks.
- Keywords
- Military
- Locations
- Egypt; Port Said
- Footage sources
- Gaumont British
- Card file number
- 69233
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Geoffrey Sumner
- Camera
- Robert Turner
- Length of story (in feet)
- 161
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