A Doctor at Sea

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1439
Date Released
31 Dec 1956
Date Other
Dec 1956
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1South Africa - 1st Test
  2. 2Mass Treason Trials
  3. 3A White Christmas
  4. 4A Doctor at Sea
  5. 5Moonstruck
  6. 6Withdrawal Completed
  7. 7British Movietone Joins with the Management of This Theatre in Wishing All Its Patrons a Happy and Prosperous New Year

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 7
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: A Doctor at Sea. DESCRIPTION: While steaming through heavy seas, the base ship of a German fishing fleet received an SOS from one of the trawlers: Please send a doctor, sick man aboard. A new course was laid and the depot ship made all haste through pounding seas towards the fishing grounds. With a gale blowing the Doctor’s task was a difficult one, crossing over in a tiny dinghy to visit the sick man. SHOTLIST: Waves overlooking. Ship rushing to trawler. Trawler rocking. Doctor rushes to boat. Patient is transferred to ship for operation. Operation is performed on boat. Shots of surgeon and staff with masks on. SCU of patient rocking in bed.
Keywords
Ships and boats; Health and medicine
Footage sources
Germany
Card file number
69254
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
87
Story extras:
Film clip

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