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Sailing Time Near

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1451A
Date Released
28 Mar 1957
Date submitted
22 Mar 1957
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Harmony at Bermuda
  2. 2Sailing Time Near
  3. 3The Zambesi in Flood
  4. 4New Thames Tunnel
  5. 5Factory Fire
  6. 6Investiture
  7. 7England’s Fine Win
  8. 8French Film Festival
  9. *Semi Final Replay
  10. *Wales Beat France
  11. *Semi-Final Replay

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 8
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Sailing Time Near. DESCRIPTION: Mayflower the Second’s sailing date approaches, and her skipper Captain Villiers received his insurance policy. Also in London were members of his crew, who tried on their seventeenth century costumes. SHOTLIST: Model of the Mayflower. SCU Captain Villiers receiving insurance policy. CUs of crew trying on clothing and footwear. SCUs girl in Quaker hat. Crew trying on hat. CU hat. SCU Villiers during speech.
Keywords
Ships and boats
Locations
London
Card file number
70173
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Camera
Ken Taylor
Camera
Terry O’Brien
Length of story (in feet)
54
Story extras:

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