Seals Steal the Picture

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1730

Date Released

30 Jul 1962

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Seals Steal the Picture. DESCRIPTION: Ron Taylor, Movietone’s ace under-water cameraman in Australia, has been visiting a colony of seals who live off the coast of New South Wales. Down below, in a world of fluid grace and movement, the locals put on a sea floor-show for their visitor. And now, baby seals in Germany. They’re orphans who’ve been separated from their mothers during recent storms in the North Sea. Feeding is a problem, but here they know just how to deal with it! SHOTLIST: Key scene. Cameraman under water. Seals swimming about. MS cameraman taking pictures. CU seal. MCU seal. Cameraman. (2 shots) seal swimming about. MLS seal comes up to surface. (2 shots) seal underwater. GV beach in West Germany. MS baby seals. CU two seals. MS seals in pool. MS feeding a baby seal. CU same. MCU another seal eating a fish.

Keywords

Animals

Locations

Australia; New South Wales; West Germany

Footage sources

Australia
West Germany

Card file number

84786

Credits:

Commentator: Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

126

Story extras:

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