Salvage - The New Way

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1485

Date Released

18 Nov 1957

Date Other

Nov 1957

Stories in this Issue:

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Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: World’s 1st Underwater Tv Grab. DESCRIPTION: The technique of Underwater salvage, with the aid of a TV camera. They’re using this British invention to locate a DC3 at the bottom of Lake Constance. And they’re trying out a special grab attachment. SHOTLIST: GV pan harbour of Lake Constance. MS loading Television camera onto railway truck. CU man watches. MS other TV equipment loaded. Fade out, fade in night shot on lake fixing the grab. CU man watches. MS fixing the grab with equipment. LS 1st launch. Another angle 2nd launch. LS grab goes down. LS crane driver. MS technicians watch on TV monitor. CU TV screen, grab enters water. CU Technician watches. CU TV screen underwater shots as it moves along bed of lake. MS winch driver. MS technicians getting tired. CU TV screen grab travel along bed. CU man takes stills. CU TV screen. CU technician. CU another, same.

Keywords

Vehicles; Environment; Aviation; Science and technology; Accidents and disasters; Inventions and discoveries

Locations

Switzerland

Footage sources

Pye Television

Card file number

72105

Credits:

Commentator: Geoffrey Sumner

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