Surrey - Army Looks Ahead

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1691

Date Released

30 Oct 1961

Date submitted

27 Oct 1961

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1World Cup - England Through
2. 2Super Sparklers
3. 3West Country - Toll Bridge Open
4. 4Vintage ‘61
5. 5Surrey - Army Looks Ahead
6. 6Berlin - West Asserts Rights

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Surrey - Army Looks Ahead. DESCRIPTION: Among new weapons and ideas for the Army, demonstrated by the War Office, was the last word in stretcher-bearing equipment: the Hoversled. There was a Centurion Bridge-layer in action at this Chertsey demonstration, and over came Britain’s latest battle tank, the Chieftain. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV army weapons. MS soldiers (2 shots). CU soldier. MS Hoversled (3 shots). GV bridge-layer. CU soldier. GV bridge-layer. MS tank over bridge. MS people. GV pan - tank.

Keywords

Vehicles; Weapons; Military

Locations

Surrey; Chertsey

Card file number

83381

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Camera

Ken Taylor

Length of story (in feet)

80

Story extras:

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