Operation - See Eight

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2046
Date Released
19 Aug 1968
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Operation - See Eight
  2. 2Syrian Jets
  3. 3Mini Stitch
  4. 4Hadrian and the Anglicans
  5. 5Gyro Banking
  6. 6Sledging in Summer
  7. 7Sea Doos

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 7
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Operation - See Eight. DESCRIPTION: A Demonstration by the Emergency Services, of what they would do in event of an airliner crashing into a high building in the city. Movietone looks back to 1945 when this happened in New York when a bomber crashed into the Empire State Building. SHOTLIST: GV New York in fog, pan to Empire State Building. Air to air American Mitchell Bomber. Animated scene showing intended route of aircraft and actual route. Mix to air to air shot of bomber. Air to ground shot of approaching Empire State Building in fog. MS ditto. LAS top of ESB after crash. GV ditto. MS firemen fighting fire. MS damaged section of building. GV ESB. MS firemen working in wreckage. MS ditto. GV section of aircraft in building. MCU propeller of aircraft in building wall. TS body on ledge. MS body placed into ambulance. GV Britannic House, London, largest building in City of London. MS Operation See 8 plan and diagram. CU ditto showing plane embedded in building. MS smoke rising from building. GV Fire Brigade arrives. MS brigade run out hoses. CU hose playing on building. LAS ditto. Pan firemen and hoses. CU firemen with walkie-talkie. LAS body lowered from building. MS body carried into ambulance. CU smoke pouring from building. GV people evacuate building. MS ditto. MS people into ambulances. MS casualty in ambulance. MS St. Bartholomew’s Hospital Accident Unit. CU casualty. MS first aiders with casualty. CU ditto. CU casualty carried into ambulance. MS ditto. Pan GV ambulances drive off. Section 1 - New York Disaster 1945 - Library material. Section 2 - Operation See 8 - mock-up plane crash.
Keywords
Buildings and structures; Health and medicine; Weather; Aviation; Communications; Accidents and disasters; Military; Newsreels
Locations
London; New York; United States of America; United Kingdom; Britannic House, London
Footage sources
Library
Card file number
93838
Credits:
Camera
Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
200
Story extras:

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