Scientific Blow-Up

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1529A

Date Released

25 Sep 1958

Date submitted

20 Sep 1958

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Gliding Championships
2. 2Wedding Bells
3. 3Thor Missile Here
4. 4Scientific Blow-Up
5. 5Herb Elliott Home
6. 6Speedway World Title
7. 7Title Fight
8. 8To Defend the Ashes

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 8

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Scientific Blow-Up. DESCRIPTION: It is a lake in the French Alps and, as one of the Geophysical Year’s experiments, scientists laid twenty-five tons of explosives on its bed. That was one way of studying the structure of the Alps! SHOTLIST: GV lake (key). Same. MS men letting out plumb-line into lake. LS lake, soldiers in foreground. CU man presses plunger. CU hand operates knob. GV explosion.

Keywords

Environment; Science and technology; Explosions; Military

Locations

France; French Alps

Footage sources

France

Card file number

75034

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Length of story (in feet)

59

Story extras:

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