Trouble on the Beach

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1713

Date Released

2 Apr 1962

Date Other

Mar 1962

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Safety Fast!
2. 2Trouble on the Beach
3. 3Leave It to Tina
4. 4FA Cup Semi-Final - Fulham V Burnley
5. 5FA Cup Semi-Final - Manchester United V Spurs
6. *The Semi-Finals
7. *The Semi-Finals

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Trouble on the Beach. DESCRIPTION: The trouble is oil, and every year thousands of birds are killed by the stuff, which is discharged by ships at sea and washed in-shore. They laid on this demonstration at Brighton. The only way to deal with tarry lumps is to remove them, and a machine has been developed for that purpose by the Warren Spring Laboratory. There can also be trouble from liquid oil, and in this case, they treated a trial area by spraying. SHOTLIST: Ship at sea. Sunbathers on beach getting covered in tar. New machine demonstrated for clearing tar from beaches. Men hose down beaches with detergent. Interior shots of laboratory experimenting with tar.

Keywords

Safety devices; Pollution

Locations

Brighton

Footage sources

Movietone

Card file number

84120

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

131

Story extras:

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