Atom Power to the Arctic

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1704

Date Released

29 Jan 1962

Date submitted

22 Jan 1962

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Varsity Crews Prepare
2. 2Monte Carlo - The Final Stage
3. 3Skill on the Slopes
4. 4A Home by the Sea
5. 5Atom Power to the Arctic
6. 6In Father’s Footsteps
7. 7Are Chimps Chumps?

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 7

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Atom Power to the Arctic. DESCRIPTION: Crunching and crashing her way through the frozen Arctic, the Russian atom-powered ice-breaker Lenin was on an unusual assignment, loaded with supplies and equipment, the big ship carried pretty well everything necessary to establish a scientific station in the far North. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV Lenin (ice breaker). MS the deck of Lenin. MS pan oil drums. MS men building hut (on boat). MS man put in window. MS plane flies over. MS boat. (2 shots) boat breaking through ice. MCU man. LS men blowing up ice. (3 shots) men in gale. CU flag. GV group of men. GV pan men building huts.

Keywords

Ships and boats; Navy; Military; Nuclear energy

Locations

Arctic

Footage sources

Pathe

Card file number

83780

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

92

Story extras:

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