Water Witch

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2016

Date Released

22 Jan 1968

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Tribute to a Leader
2. 2Green Goddess
3. 3Water Witch
4. 4Smoke Signal
5. 5Sicily’s Agony

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Water Witch. DESCRIPTION: At Devonport, trials of the Navy’s Maid of all Work - a dockyard scavenger that sweeps up Flotsam, clears oil slicks and can also be used as a mobile paint sprayer. SHOTLIST: MS the Water Witch being used to pick up wood in water. MS ditto. MCU as it lifts wood out of water. LS as wood is tipped into barge. CU man at controls of water witch. TS man using water witch as platform to spray paint on harbour wall. MS ditto. CU hands on controls of water witch. MLS water witch spraying detergent onto water.

Keywords

Navy; Military; Inventions and discoveries

Locations

Devonport; England

Card file number

93156

Credits:

Camera

John Wanstall

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

74

Story extras:

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