Diving for Dishes

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2088A

Date Released

12 Jun 1969

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Longest Day
2. 2Age of Waste
3. 3Wimbledon Preview
4. 4Diving for Dishes
5. 5World in the Air

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Diving for Dishes. DESCRIPTION: Royal Naval cadets at Dartmouth have been learning diving - and using the opportunity to recover relics from the old training ship, Britannia. SHOTLIST: GV harbour pan up to Britannia Royal Naval College at Dartmouth. MS model of 19th Century training ship Britannia. MS team of divers from Naval College jump into water. MCU portrait of the Britannia. MS diver rises to surface holding pieces of 19th century crockery belonging to Britannia. MCU crockery handed to colleague on boat. MS divers in water alongside boat. MCU diver goes underwater. MS diver surfaces with 19th century bedpan. MS diver in water. MS colleague empties water from bedpan. MLS diver jumps from boat into water. MLS boat from which the divers made their exploration. MCU plate inscribed with word ‘Mess’. 3 shots of salvaged crockery on display.

Keywords

Education and training; Ships and boats; Navy; Military; History and archaeology

Locations

United Kingdom; Dartmouth

Card file number

94825

Credits:

Camera

John Wanstall

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

108

Story extras:

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