Floating Concrete

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1688A

Date Released

12 Oct 1961

Date submitted

10 Oct 1961

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1The Price of Perfection
2. 2Floating Concrete
3. 3Getting Around
4. 4Designed to Suit
5. 5Further Outlook

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Floating Concrete. DESCRIPTION: There was quite a buzz of interest at Wroxham, on the occasion of the launching of a new 34-foot boat. The bottle of champagne was dispatched by the wife of the designer, and the boat, made of a special kind of concrete, took to the water. Concrete has been used for ship building in the past. Seacrete, as this material is called, is said to have many new advantages. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV crowd round boat. GV boat. CU bottle of champagne. MS women dropping champagne. MCU champagne hitting boat. GV boat coming onto the water. GV boat on water. MS pan boat. LS boat.

Keywords

Ships and boats; Launchings

Locations

Norfolk; Wroxham

Card file number

83278

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Camera

Mark McDonald

Length of story (in feet)

71

Story extras:

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