Larks with Sharks

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1716
Date Released
23 Apr 1962
Date submitted
10 Apr 1962
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Out for Easter
  2. 2Larks with Sharks
  3. 3New Rig for Old Ship
  4. 4Fun in the Scrum!

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Larks With Sharks. DESCRIPTION: Most people are inclined to give sharks a pretty wide berth. But not these two young Australians: they deliberately seek them out, and take down a camera to prove it. Of-course, they’re armed in case of trouble, and it’s quite easy to have trouble, if you meet a big feller like this grey nurse, as he’s called. The leopard sharks seem to be a dozy lot. But one never knows ... Anyway, it all goes to prove that it is perfectly possible to have larks with sharks. SHOTLIST: Key scene. LS boat heading out to sea. MS man assembles camera for dive. MS two men go over side of boat. MS diver with harpoon. MS shark. MS diver. MS shark. MS harpoon is fired. LS harpooned shark. Various shots of dead shark. MS diver holds onto dead shark and swims off. LS diver holding on to harmless shark. LS shark. Various shots of deadly shark. Panning shot of leopard sharks on the sea bed. MS diver knocks on the shark, it swims off with the diver holding onto it. Various shots of diver swimming with shark. MS another diver catches shark by putting a rope round its tail. Various shots of the diver pulling shark onto boat. Various shots of same.
Keywords
Animals
Locations
Australia
Footage sources
Australia
Card file number
84198
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
186
Story extras:

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