Dreadnought

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2182

Date Released

29 Mar 1971

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

6 / 7

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Dreadnought. DESCRIPTION: The first voyage under the Arctic wastes of the North Pole by the Royal Navy Submarine - the Dreadnought. Movietone follows the nuclear vessel on the hazardous trip. SHOTLIST: SCU captain looking through periscope. CU pan sea and ice. SV navigator plotting chart. SV men taking readings from depth, sounding apparatus. GV sub’s wake (sub is now surfaced). CU man takes reading from machine. Wide angle shot sub surrounded by ice. GV ditto. SV conning tower pan down to man on look out for polar bears. GV pan ice and horizon. CU lookout. Wide angle of sub. SCU man typing The Dreadnought Express. CU ditto being typed. GV men on deck of sub. SV man taking picture. SV 2 men building snow man wave to camera.

Keywords

Ships and boats; Weather; Navy; Military; Exploration and explorers

Locations

North Pole

Footage sources

Naval Information Services [NIS]

Card file number

96911

Credits:

Commentator: Leslie Mitchell

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