Learning on ScreenSteel Forges Ahead
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 5 / 5
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Steel Forges Ahead. DESCRIPTION: Modern industrial nations have sinews of steel. From the earliest days of smelting, Britain has been in the forefront of the industry’s development. Since 1945, British steel has forged ahead with a tremendous programme of expansion and technical advance. Her Majesty the Queen, accompanied by Prince Philip, arrived to open the 50 million pound Spenser Steelworks in South Wales, and she toured this gigantic enterprise where automation and remote control achieve just about their ultimate. SHOTLIST: Key scene. (2 shots) steel workers. (2 shots) red hot steel. (6 shots) block of hot steel through processing comes out in a sheet of steel. GV pan steel factory. MS Queen and Prince Philip in car. CU flag. MS Queen presented with bouquet. GV people having official luncheon. LS the Queen. GV people in hall. MS the Queen walks around. CU machine. GV interior of steel works. MS the Queen presses button. MS white hot ten ton ingot through rollers. MS Queen and Duke in Land Rover. MCU white hot ingot along rollers. MS Queen and Duke in Land Rover. MS white hot ingot. LS Queen and Duke in Land Rover. MS steel steams up. GV Queen and Duke in Land Rover.
- Keywords
- Industry and manufacture
- Locations
- Wales
- Card file number
- 85386
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Camera
- Mark McDonald
- Length of story (in feet)
- 195
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