On the Beach

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1973A
Date Released
30 Mar 1967
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Snowbile
  2. 2Flying Samaritans
  3. 3On the Beach

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 3
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: On the Beach. DESCRIPTION: The drama of the Torrey Canyon reaches nightmare proportions as the Giant Tanker breaks up, flooding the sea with even more oil. Movietone records the Battle of the Beaches as the Services join civilians in the seemingly hopeless task of warding off disaster. SHOTLIST: Key shot. CU oil on the water on beach. Pan ditto. GV oil on water in harbour. Aerial shot the Torrey Canyon aground off Lands End. Aerial shots ditto. Aerial shot looking down at sea from plane showing oil slick. GV St. Michael’s Mount. Pan to beach. LAS helicopter approaches beach carrying drum of detergent. MCU man watching. LAS drum of detergent landed on cliff top. MS men empty detergent onto beach. Pan down as drum of detergent is rolled down cliff and men pour detergent onto beach. MS men pour detergent onto beach. Pan down as detergent runs down beach. MS waves onto beach. GV Porthleven harbour. MS men pumping detergent onto beach. MS drum of detergent handed down from lorry. MLS firemen hosing oil off beach. CU oil hosed off harbour wall. MLS ditto. MLS man slides on oil down boat slipway. CU label on drum Oil spill remover. MLS man spraying detergent onto beach. MS men using stirrup pumps to spray detergent. LS detergent sprayed from harbour wall. MS man spraying detergent onto oil. MCU oil running down beach. CU ditto. CU small boy holding dead bird. CU dead birds. GV detergent sprayed onto oil. MCU dead birds picked up from oil. MS soldier holding dead birds.
Keywords
Ships and boats; Environment; Aviation; Pollution; Accidents and disasters; Animals; Military
Locations
Cornwall
Card file number
92201
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
296
Story extras:
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