Gale Force
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 5 / 11
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Gales on Scottish Coast. DESCRIPTION: Gales, with hundred mile an hour squalls have been hard at work off Scotland. The Otter Rock Lightship (an unmanned vessel) was driven ashore off Kintyre, her light still burning. And HMS Taciturn went hard aground in Campbelltown Loch. The submarine awaited a high tide before an attempt to tow her off was made. SHOTLIST: GV rough seas. Closer same. MS lightship. CU bows of lightship. CU light. GV submarine ‘Taciturn’. MS same. Closer same. CU conning tower. GV submarine. LS same.
- Keywords
- Ships and boats; Weather; Environment; Accidents and disasters
- Locations
- Scotland
- Card file number
- 72524
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Geoffrey Sumner
- Camera
- John Charles Elder
- Length of story (in feet)
- 44
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