Absorbing the Damage

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1955A
Date Released
24 Nov 1966
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1High Life Holidays!
  2. 2Russians on the Road
  3. 3Absorbing the Damage
  4. 4News in Colour: Record Space Walk

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Absorbing the Damage. DESCRIPTION: A Scottish paper mill features in the International help which is being directed to aid the victims of the Italian floods. Blotting paper is sent to Florence to dry out the rare books and manuscripts the precious heritage of centuries. SHOTLIST: MS man clearing flood damage near Ponte Vecchio, in Florence. GV river passes Ponte Vecchio. MS shops damaged by floods. GV pan Ponte Vecchio. Pan down Uffitzi, gallery. LAS Church of Santa Croce. GV ditto. GV interior ditto. Pan down tapestry damaged by floods. MS ditto. MLS damaged pictures on table. CU ditto. MS people repair damaged pictures. CU pan ditto. MS pan ditto. MS rolls of blotting paper onto machine at Linwood, Glasgow. LS ditto. MS paper through machine. Top shot paper cut into squares on machine. MS blotting paper sheets off machine. MS women check blotting paper. MS men pack blotting paper. CU labels for ‘Florence’ on package. Pan people restoring old books. MS man puts blotting paper between pages of book. CU ditto. CU pages of book separated. MS mud scraped from painting. CU ditto. CU page of rare book turned. CU drawing on page of book. MCU mud tipped from between pages of book.
Keywords
Arts and crafts; Industry and manufacture
Locations
Scotland; Italy
Footage sources
France
Templar Films
Card file number
91786A
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
177
Story extras:
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