Learning about the Oceans

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1756A

Date Released

31 Jan 1963

Date submitted

28 Jan 1963

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Learning About the Oceans. DESCRIPTION: Discovery, the new research ship, is a complete self-contained laboratory with equipment facilities for all branches of oceanic research. In May, she’ll be off to the Arabian Sea to take part in an international programme aimed at finding out about the currents. And here is another way of exploring the sea down below: a tube, 150 feet long, will enable Frenchman Yves Cousteau to have a look at the sea bed between Nice and Corsica from really close quarters. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV Discovery. CU man working at oscilloscope. CU man places camera in container. Man fits flash unit (2 shots). MS line of bottles. CU bottle placed on rack. MCU tanks. CU dish. MCU diagram of fish. MS man inspects squid. CU man looking at radar screen. MCU man looking at chart. LS Tower Bridge. GV Discovery. GV Floating Island (in Nice). CU pan down diagram of ship. GV ship. (The Discovery is the new research ship).

Keywords

Ships and boats; Science and technology; Exploration and explorers

Locations

France; Nice; Pool of London

Footage sources

France

Card file number

85939

Credits:

Camera: James Humphries
Commentator: Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

128

Story extras:

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