War Hangover

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1591A

Date Released

3 Dec 1959

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1The Pink Zone
2. 2British Railways’ Latest
3. 3War Hangover
4. 4Volunteer Highway
5. 5Maritime News
6. 6Sir Winston - 85

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: War Hangover. DESCRIPTION: A big haul of poison gas bombs and shells have been taken from the Baltic Sea. It is poison gas that can paralyse the nerves. Manufactured by the Nazis during World War Two, it was dumped in the sea shortly before the surrender. Experts say it’s not safe in the Baltic, so they’re recovering all the shells they can find and re-packing them in special containers. The plan is to cement them into these containers and sink the lot. SHOTLIST: Pan - gas bombs being hoisted (2). GV on board. Pan - gas bombs being cemented. CU same. Pan - cement mixer and ‘chute. TS bombs being lowered. Pan - bombs in hold.

Keywords

Weapons

Locations

West Germany

Footage sources

Germany

Card file number

78738

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Length of story (in feet)

62

Story extras:

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