Army Rock ‘N’ Roll

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1532

Date Released

13 Oct 1958

Date submitted

9 Oct 1958

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Conservative Conference
2. 2Home-Made Rubber
3. 3Army Rock ‘N’ Roll
4. 4A Tale of the Yukon
5. 5The Death of the Pope

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Seasickness Trials. DESCRIPTION: A scene at Gosport, where troops after eating a hearty meal, undergo rock ‘n’ roll treatment. The object of the exercise is to find out which of six different sea-sick pills is the most effective. SHOTLIST: MS men in raft. MS men get into raft. MS men in boat. MS wave maker. MS rafts on tank. MS raft. Closer same. MS same. Same. MS wave maker. GV tank. MS men in raft. CU water. CU man in boat. CU men inside raft. CU man looks ill. MS men leans over side.

Keywords

Health and medicine; Environment; Military

Locations

England; Gosport

Card file number

75191

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Camera

Len Waldorf

Length of story (in feet)

80

Story extras:

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