Prince at Winfrith

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2021A

Date Released

29 Feb 1968

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Prince at Winfrith. DESCRIPTION: Prince Philip inaugurates Britain’s latest Nuclear Reactor at Winfrith Heath in Dorset. SHOTLIST: GV Nuclear Power Station at Winfrith Heath in Dorset. LAS design on facade of Power Station. MS pan the Duke of Edinburgh with officials, studies a model of the Power Station. MCU model. GV interior of Power Station. MS Duke and officials examining starting mechanism. CU Duke switches on the Power Station. CU dial registering voltage. CU commemorating plaque. HAS turbine generator. MS ditto. MCU man at control panel. LAS part of apparatus. LS cooling towers. GV ditto. GV pan control room. CU part of control panel. MS Duke being shown control room. CU number counter. CU counter showing how many units of Nuclear Electricity Britain has produced more than the world. MLS pan facade of Power Station. GV pylons. LAS ditto. MS ditto.

Keywords

Royalty; Buildings and structures; Science and technology; Ceremonies; Nuclear energy

Locations

Dorset; England; Winfrith Heath

Footage sources

Pathe Rota

Card file number

93280

Credits:

Commentator: Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

114

Story extras:

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