Across the Pond

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1725

Date Released

25 Jun 1962

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Ride an Air-Cushion
2. 2Across the Pond
3. 3Top of the Ladder
4. 4On Wheels and Wings
5. 5Risky Rock and Roll

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Across the Pond. DESCRIPTION: There was an emergency in a prison near Montreal, 1,100 prisoners were rioting, and in a frenzy of destruction they set fire to the place, that destroyed 15 of the prison buildings. Now to Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. A doctor explains how they rejoined the severed arm of a 12-year-old boy, Everett Knowles, who was jumping a lift on a train when he fell and the accident happened. Meanwhile, in California, the Ryan Aeronautical Company’s flex-wing plane made its debut. This invention may well have an application in the space age, the wings can be collapsed and folded. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV prison. Various shots of prison with smoke coming out of it. MS two guards with guns. LS fire engine with ladder up prison wall - reinforcements march past. Shots of firemen carrying hose. Various shots of prison blaze. Slip pan to GV Massachusetts Hospital in Boston. MS doctor holding up diagram. CU diagram. MS Everett Knowles with arm in plaster. MCU same pan down to arm and half his body in plaster. Slip pan to shots of the flex wing plane. Various shots of it taking off and in flight. Air shots of it in flight. Same. Shot of the flex wing plane landing.

Keywords

Health and medicine; Aviation; Demonstrations; Crime

Locations

United States of America; Canada

Footage sources

Shipment

Card file number

84575

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

126

Story extras:

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