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Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1449

Date Released

11 Mar 1957

Date Other

Mar 1957

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Test Series Drawn
2. 2India Votes
3. 3Ghana’s Great Day
4. 4Pylon Trouble
5. 5Israeli Withdrawal
6. 6Scientific Section
7. 7Rock ‘N’ Mop

Story

Story No. within this Issue

6 / 7

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Duke of Edinburgh at Decca Gramophone Factory. DESCRIPTION: Prince Philip recently saw how radar equipment is produced at a factory at Malden, in Surrey, they also make gramophone records. The top-heavy looking Grumman illustrates one use of radar. SHOTLIST: Shots of Prince Philip walking around the factory. Shots of Prince Philip looking at radar equipment. Prince Philip speaking to workers. Prince Philip waves. Prince Philip speaking to man who makes gramophone records. Shots of the melted materials which make the record. Paddy Dooley breaking reject records. MCU records being broken. Prince Philip watching Paddy Dooley breaking the records. Slip pan - various shots of the Grumman WF2 in flight. Slip pan - various shots of the Cougar Jet in flight and launching a rocket. Shot of plane and a Terrier guided missile leaving the plane. Panning shot of the missile. Missile hits its target.

Keywords

Royalty; Industry and manufacture

Locations

Surrey; Malden

Footage sources

United States of America
Pathe

Card file number

70018

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Length of story (in feet)

104

Story extras:

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