All in the Day’s Work

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1531
Date Released
6 Oct 1958
Date submitted
3 Oct 1958
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1New Legal Term
  2. 2Autumn Hair Styles
  3. 3Princess at the Fair
  4. 4In the Glass House
  5. 5Anti-Bandit Bag
  6. 6Typhoon
  7. 7All in the Day’s Work
  8. 8UN Trailer

Story

Story No. within this Issue
7 / 8
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: All in the Day’s Work. DESCRIPTION: At an American Airforce Base in Texas trainees are being put through it, learning self-confidence, getting absolutely physically fit and toughening up. Over in Virginia where a monster sea-serpent has apparently taken to land, it is in fact the latest device for detecting and exploding mines. SHOTLIST: MS man runs off pole. MS men over poles. MS men jump from platform on ropes. Elevated shot some men swing to ground. MS men run through fire. 3 shots same. CU same. Same tracking follow. LS mine detector. CU nose of same. MS same. MS same going up hill. MS coming over hill. Same. GV testing ground mine goes off.
Keywords
Education and training; Weapons; Explosions; Military
Locations
United States of America; Texas; Virginia
Footage sources
United States of America
Card file number
75121
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
108
Story extras:
Film clip

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