Luxury Afloat

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1678

Date Released

31 Jul 1961

Date submitted

24 Jul 1961

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Show Jumping - Supreme Prize
2. 2Animals in the News
3. 3Luxury Afloat
4. 4Flashpoint - Berlin

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Luxury Afloat. DESCRIPTION: Radiant, built for shipping millionaire Basil Mavroleon in his own shipyards at Sunderland, claims to be the world’s most beautiful diesel yacht. She is fairly small for a yacht of this class, with accommodation for only twelve passengers. But she’s the last word in luxury, 680 tons, in fact. Chinese paintings and themes are a feature of the decor, designed by London art expert Anthony Denny. This Radiant beauty is bound to be your dream boat! SHOTLIST: Key scene. LS bow of yacht. LS stern of yacht. MLS Mr and Mrs Mavroleon board yacht. MLS Mrs Mavroleon takes look round yacht. MS pan of study. MS pan - Mrs Mavroleon writes and phones. MLS poodle. MLS crystal set. LS pan - decor. MLS loofah. MS same. LS yacht.

Keywords

Ships and boats

Locations

Sunderland

Card file number

82901

Credits:

Camera

Bowie

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Length of story (in feet)

98

Story extras:

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