Desert Survival

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1628

Date Released

15 Aug 1960

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Desert Survival. DESCRIPTION: The RAF Institute for Aviation Medicine has discovered that snails of the Eremina Ehrenbergi Roth family contain a small quantity of drinkable fluid, and fluid is what you need if you’re forced to bale out over the desert. The liquid contains a considerable amount of protein, so the snails are a source of food as well as water. Experiments by officers under simulated desert conditions have proved that you can live for at-least 4 days on this diet of snail-juice! SHOTLIST: Fade key scene - CU snail. MS car. MS man selecting snails. MS man cutting snails. MCU same. CU same. MCU juice poured into glass. CU same. MS man drinking juice. MS three men drinking juice. CU man drinking juice. BS same. MS man with horns. Slow motion - men walking.

Keywords

Health and medicine; Food and cooking; Curiosities; Aviation; Science and technology; Insects; Animals; Military; Newsreels

Locations

England

Card file number

80860

Credits:

Commentator: Geoffrey Sumner
Camera: Len Waldorf

Length of story (in feet)

102

Story extras:

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