To Link Commonwealth

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1533
Date Released
20 Oct 1958
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1To Link Commonwealth
  2. 2London V Moscow
  3. 3New Bluebird
  4. 4Dance Festival
  5. 5A Fabulous Auction
  6. 6Mother and Child

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: To Link Commonwealth. DESCRIPTION: The Sea was once the only link between the nations which are now the British Commonwealth. A telephone cable under the sea is the latest plan; to bring these countries even closer together. A cable has been specially designed by British Engineers. Seen here, it’s being transferred from factory to cable ship. Look westwards, the cable system will cross the Atlantic to Canada, then under the Pacific to New Zealand and Australia. The British cable layer Monarch is likely to do the job. The completed circuit will take in Malaya, Ceylon, India, Pakistan and Africa. SHOTLIST: MS cable laying. GV sea. MS sea splashing over rocks. Wipe to GV cable unwinding. GV same. CU same. Pan up with cable. MS cable. GV cable on overhead gantry. TS cable lowered onto ship. CU same. Wipe to map of route. Wipe to GV ‘Monarch’ cable ship. MS cable lowered into sea. Same. CU. Same. BS cable in sea. GV waves breaking over bows of ship. MS sailor suspended from ship. GV deck of ship. GV waves breaking over bows. Wipe to map of route. GV men filing cable. MS same. CU same. MS pulley with cable. MS same. CU same. MS pulley with cable. CU same. GV cable in water. Wipe to MS girls in factory. CU girl with eye glass. MS repeater. CU repeater under magnifying glass. CU men working on machine. GV men fix repeaters in cable. CU same. Wipe to telephone exchange. MS girl plugs in to Montreal, Sydney, Johannesburg, Delhi. CU name ‘Wellington. CU ‘Colombo’ CU ‘Karachi’. CU ‘Accra’. CU ‘Kuala Lumpur’. MS girls in exchange. Wipe to waves hitting rocks. GV sea.
Keywords
Ships and boats; Women; Environment; Communications; Industry and manufacture; Engineering
Footage sources
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Library
Card file number
75368
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
167
Story extras:
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