Uphill - On Water

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2071

Date Released

10 Feb 1969

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Uphill - On Water
2. 2In the Swim
3. 3Lush Life
4. 4The Big Rollers
5. 5It’s a Hold Up!
6. 6Faces and Figures

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Uphill - on Water. DESCRIPTION: To link the Marne and the Rhine, a dramatic new Barge Lifter on a French Canal cuts out 17 locks and saves eight hours on the journey. SHOTLIST: GV barge on canal in Zorn Valley in France. MS barge enters tank of barge-lifter. 4 shots ditto. MCU wheel house of barge. MS control room of barge-lifter. MS gates slide down on container. MS operator in control room of barge-lifter. LS barge lifting machine. MS counter weights in action as tank moves up. 4 shots ditto. MS tank carrying barge up incline. MS gates at top of incline viewed from barge. MS ditto. GV barge carrying machine. MCU operator in control room. MS barge released from tank of barge lifter. MS barge steams away from camera.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Vehicles; Engineering

Locations

France; Zorn Valley

Footage sources

France

Card file number

94398

Credits:

Commentator

John Braban

Length of story (in feet)

101

Story extras:

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