Shoot That Mountain

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1720
Date Released
21 May 1962
Date submitted
14 May 1962
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Crystal Palace - Then and Now
  2. 2Round and About
  3. 3Round and About
  4. 4Round and About
  5. 5Round and About
  6. 6Shoot That Mountain

Story

Story No. within this Issue
6 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Shoot That Mountain. DESCRIPTION: It was no easy task to drive the Trans-Canada Highway through the treacherous Glacier National Park. Heavy snowfalls are the problem. They could avalanche down and bury the motorist alive. One safeguard was the erection of sheds, and lumps, called Dragon’s Teeth are yet another way of keeping the mountain snows off the road. There are men whose job it is to locate potential snow slides. As soon as they’ve spotted an avalanche in the making, they signal avalanche control who calls in the army. Their orders are to shoot it down. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV mountains. GV another. GV another. MS lorry up to mountain. MS inside of lorry. MS lorry into tunnel. MS through tunnel. LS skiers. MLS skier across snow. MLS lorry across snow. MS skier down mountain. MS skier checks weather forecast. MS man checks weather forecast. CU controls. MS man in car. MS men on lorry past camera. MCU two skiers. MS men by gun. CU gun. (3 shots) men load gun. GV mountain. CU man. MCU gun fires. MS bullet into mountain. (2 shots) snow falls off mountain.
Keywords
Weather; Transport; Accidents and disasters
Locations
Canada
Footage sources
National Film Board of Canada
Card file number
84362
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
162
Story extras:
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