Megaton Threat

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1691A

Date Released

2 Nov 1961

Date submitted

31 Oct 1961

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Megaton Threat. DESCRIPTION: This is one place in England where the effects of radio-activity from Russian nuclear tests are under constant examination. They’re testing milk for the dangerous factor of Iodine-131, and the Government is taking all precautions, including the provision of dried milk, should it be necessary. Now to Kew, where scientific recordings and measurements of the series of Russian nuclear explosions have been made. The instruments here recorded the shock of the latest bomb, a nuclear device exploded in the Arctic. SHOTLIST: Key scene. CU sign. MS women working. CU milk. MS man with milk. MS map. CU map. MCU milk. GV laboratory (2 shots). CU milk. MCU man with cheese. MS cheese being put away. GV electric computer. MS sign. MS recording machine (3 shots). CU ditto. MCU another. GV cloud (bomb). GV ditto.

Keywords

Civil defence; Nuclear energy

Locations

London; Kew Gardens

Card file number

83394

Credits:

Commentator: Leslie Mitchell
Camera: Mark McDonald
Camera: Ronald E. Collins

Length of story (in feet)

113

Story extras:

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