Snow Ploughs

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2176A
Date Released
18 Feb 1971
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Britain Goes Decimal
  2. 2Snow Ploughs
  3. 3Kangaroo Hospital
  4. 4Liverpool V Southampton FA Cup
  5. 5Rugby, Ireland V England

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Snow Ploughs. DESCRIPTION: If you’ve got enough new pence, there’s nothing like a winter holiday. The snow’s just right for skiing, but it needs clearing from the roads. France is host for this year’s international snow-plough contest. SHOTLIST: SV towards skiers down slope. GV pan 2 shots ditto. Travel shot from car workmen laying gravel on snow covered road. CU ice on road, warning sign (in Italian). SV workmen directing traffic. CU man fits snow chains to wheel. SV pan car travelling along icy road, pan to BV ditto. GV line up of snow clearing machines. Big GV ditto. SV driving cab of machine pan to snow cutting blades rotating. CU blades rotating. CU blades cutting snow pan to snow spraying up. BV man driving machine. GV 2 shots machines in operation with snow spraying high into the air. SV pan man pushing mini snow clearing machine which works on same principle at the big ones. SV machine working pan to spray of snow. LV snow starts to spray from machine. BV snow spraying from chute. SV machine with large propeller. LV machine with snow spraying from chute. SV towards & into CU ditto. SV snow coming towards camera from chute.
Keywords
Entertainment and leisure; Vehicles; Weather; Environment; Competitions; Road transport
Locations
France; Italy
Card file number
96842A
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
152
Story extras:
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