A Whale of a Time

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1594A

Date Released

24 Dec 1959

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Western Summit
2. 2A Good Tuck In
3. 3Prince Pilots Hovercraft
4. 4A Whale of a Time
5. 5The Shah’s Wedding

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: A Whale of a Time. DESCRIPTION: Our pictures show a whale-hunt off Southern California. Not to kill them, but to catch one alive. They caught a baby pilot whale, and now, it’s safely housed in an aquarium, and it’s trained to perform. SHOTLIST: MS man waving. GV school of whales. MS man throwing net. TS whale being towed. TS whale. TS ship towing whale. TS whale on raft. MS divers. MS man feeding whale. LS whale leaping. TS same.

Keywords

Entertainment and leisure; Animals

Locations

United States of America

Footage sources

United States of America

Card file number

78857

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Length of story (in feet)

65

Story extras:

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