Research in a Cold Climate

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1913
Date Released
31 Jan 1966
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1What Now, Mr Heath?
  2. 2Research in a Cold Climate
  3. 3Medical Bra
  4. 4Criminal Fringe Sets Hair Fashion
  5. 5Prince Timbertops

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Research in a Cold Climate. DESCRIPTION: Two Queen Scouts, Denis Bewsher and Peter Spraggon from Australia join scientists and technicians aboard the relief ship ‘Nella Dan’, to sail to the Antarctic. The object of the exercise was to relieve the scientists on Macquarie Island, Australia’s Antarctic Research Base. They will spend a year on the island mainly researching in astronomy and the weather. SHOTLIST: GV ship Nella Dan at quayside. MS two Queen’s Scouts boarding ship. MS friends waving farewell to people on ship. MS people waving farewell from ship. GV Nella Dan leaving. MCU sailor on morse speed bell. CU ditto. MCU life belt with name Nella Dan. GV ship at sea. GV ditto. GV MacQuarie Island. GV beach of island. GV ship’s boat landing men on beach. MS sign to world capitals. GV base camp on MacQuarie Island. GV penguins on beach. GV ditto. MS ditto. GV sea elephants. MS pan ditto. CU ditto. MS ditto fighting. MS penguins also fighting. MCU sea elephants. GV sea elephants and penguins into sea. GV part of beach on MacQuarie Island. GV Nella Dan lying off beach.
Keywords
Organisations; Ships and boats; Youth
Locations
Antarctica; MacQuarie Island
Footage sources
Australia
Card file number
90713
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
150
Story extras:

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