Industrial Achievements

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1530A

Date Released

2 Oct 1958

Date submitted

25 Sep 1958

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Industrial Achievements. DESCRIPTION: The Prime Minister paid a special visit of inspection to the Rolls-Royce works at Derby, where an important addition is a six million pound plant for making high altitude tests of aero engines. Also scenes of the harnessing of the River Moriston, an important hydro-electric scheme in the Scottish Highlands. The inauguration was performed by Sir Christopher Hinton. SHOTLIST: CU plant. MS same. 4 shots closer same. CU pan of Prime Minister. MS unveils tablet. CU machinery. MS control room. CU controls. CU dials. CU machinery. GV same. TS bus enters tunnel. Tracking shot in tunnel. MS party look round. MS children watch. MS Sir Christopher Hinton speaks. MS crowd. MS people look round plant. TS same.

Keywords

Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Vehicles; Economics; Business and commerce; Industry and manufacture; Ceremonies; Engineering

Locations

Scotland; England

Card file number

75059

Credits:

Commentator: Geoffrey Sumner
Camera: John Charles Elder
Camera: Terry O’Brien

Length of story (in feet)

120

Story extras:

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