To Beat Sea Grass

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2023A
Date Released
14 Mar 1968
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1To Rebuild a Battlefield
  2. 2Cup Special - Albion Through
  3. 3To Beat Sea Grass
  4. 4Best Inventions
  5. 5Champion Ride

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: To Beat Sea-Grass. DESCRIPTION: A new Anti-Fouling Paint for oil-tankers will save shipping companies many thousands of pounds a year. It prevents the growth of the grass-like sea weed that reduces a tanker’s speed. SHOTLIST: GV tanker at sea. GV pan ditto. CU Barnacles at Red-had research labs. CU Tube-Worm at Red-hand res. labs. CU Sea-Grass at labs. MS laboratory technicians looking through microscope, he places same of Sea-grass in test tube. CU as he places test tube on rack, he picks up another test tube off rack. MS technicians mixing paint in laboratory. CU ditto. MS technician applies sample of paint to test plate. MCU samples of encrusted plates and clear plates. CU ditto. GV tanker being painted in shipyard. MCU man spraying paint onto side of tanker. MS ditto. CU sprayer, showing protective face covering. CU thickness of paint being measured. CU ditto. MS man spraying paint onto tanker. GV ditto. CU lid closed on box of paint for Mombaba. MCU tins of paint for Antwerp on conveyor. CU tin of paint for Marine Dubai. CU tin of paint for Singapore. CU tin of paint for Bahrain. GV tanker at sea. Library material of tanker at sea.
Keywords
Ships and boats; Environment; Science and technology; Industry and manufacture; Safety devices
Locations
Newcastle; England
Footage sources
Library
Card file number
93310
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
177
Story extras:
Film clip

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