Aftermath

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1975

Date Released

10 Apr 1967

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Aftermath
2. 2News in Colour: The Grand National

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 2

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Aftermath. DESCRIPTION: Three weeks after the oil disaster, work continues to save the Cornish holiday beaches. This pollution may be cleaned up in time for the holiday season, but for wild life the prospects are not so bright, in spite of all the efforts of the RSPCA. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV pan Sennen Cove in Cornwall. CU sign Welcome Sennen Cove’s Golden Sands. MS pan oil on beach. MS soldiers unload barrels of detergent from lorry. CU name SLICKCONE on one of the barrels. Pan to GV Sennen Cove. CU detergent sprayed onto rocks on beach. CU oil on rocks. GV pan from across harbour mouth at St. Ives. CU pan boom. CU sign RSPCA Wild Birds Hospital and Sanctuary. MS man brings seabird injured by oil into bird hospital. MS RSPCA officer takes injured bird off man. MCU bird cleaned of oil in hospital. CU birds already cleaned of oil. MCU penguin cleaned of oil.

Keywords

Organisations; Buildings and structures; Vehicles; Health and medicine; Environment; Social welfare; Pollution; Accidents and disasters; Animals; Military

Locations

Cornwall; England

Card file number

92229

Credits:

Camera

John Wanstall

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

156

Story extras:

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