Shipping Hazard Blasted

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1506
Date Released
14 Apr 1958
Date submitted
8 Apr 1958
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Shipping Hazard Blasted
  2. 2Now, Girls Get Fired
  3. 3Farmers Start Young
  4. 4Holy Land Pilgrimage
  5. 5Splashing Down the Seine
  6. 6Sahara Rocket Range
  7. 7Kariba Dam Overwhelmed
  8. *Hibs for the Final

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 7
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Ripple Rock Blasted. DESCRIPTION: Beneath the white water, off Vancouver, lie the twin peaks of Ripple Rock. Here, they’ve packed in tons of explosive. It’s the climax, of a million and a quarter pound project; to blow up the great hazard, that has claimed many ships, and 120 lives. Fourteen hundred tons of Nitramex 2H made the biggest man-made, non-atomic blast, on record. The top of Ripple Rock is now forty seven feet, below the surface. SHOTLIST: GV Ripple Rock. MS boat on water. MS explosives underground. MS men handling explosives. CU explosives. MS men handling same. CU explosives. MS cameramen. MS rocket fired. MS firing button pressed. CU explosion.
Keywords
Buildings and structures; Mass media; Environment; Explosions; Accidents and disasters; Engineering
Locations
Canada; Ripple Rock
Footage sources
National Film Board of Canada
Card file number
73348
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
96
Story extras:
Film clip

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