The Prince Sees for Himself

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1482A

Date Released

31 Oct 1957

Date submitted

25 Oct 1957

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Famous Old Boy
2. 2The Prince Sees for Himself
3. 3The Riddle of the Kremlin
4. *The Ideal Home Show

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 3

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Duke of Edinburgh Visits Dounreay. DESCRIPTION: Prince Philip visited the new atomic energy station at Dounreay, on the coast of Caithness. The complex installations will soon be completed and the Prince was the last important visitor to be allowed inside the sphere, housing the breeder reactor. It will be sealed-off soon to start operating next year. SHOTLIST: GV of the atomic site. Shots of Duke of Edinburgh arriving at site. Various shots of the control room of the reactor, shots of Duke of Edinburgh in the core of the reactor having details explained to him. CU Duke of Edinburgh.

Keywords

Royalty; Buildings and structures; Science and technology; Engineering; Nuclear energy

Locations

Scotland; Caithness; Dounreay

Footage sources

Gaumont British

Card file number

72023

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Length of story (in feet)

65

Story extras:

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