High Flying Fish

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1855

Date Released

21 Dec 1964

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1High Flying Fish
2. 2Make Way for the New
3. 3Showbiz Makes a Happier Christmas
4. 4Sorting It All Out
5. 5Animals Join the Fun

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: High Flying Fish. DESCRIPTION: Baby carp, around ten million of them, are flown out from Hong Kong to other parts of Asia for stocking rivers and lakes. When only a couple of inches long they’re put into plastic bags containing water. Oxygen is blown into the water to aerate it before the bags are sealed up. Some are bound for Britain. They were ordered by the Central Electricity Board to eat the weeds at Roosecote Power Station near Barrow-in Furness. SHOTLIST: Medium close up of fish in tank. Man lifting net out of water. Fish in net. Close up of cat looking at fish. Man scooping fish out of net. Men carrying fish away in buckets. Cat watching. Fish being poured into other container. Small fish in container. Man putting air pipe into plastic bag container. Man releasing air tap from cylinder. Man securing top of plastic bag in box. Plastic bags in their boxes. Boxes stored on truck. Boxes loaded onto aeroplane on escalator.

Keywords

Fisheries

Locations

United Kingdom; Hong Kong

Footage sources

Hong Kong

Card file number

89186

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

122

Story extras:

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