Post Office Submarine

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2306
Date Released
13 Aug 1973
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Duke Visits SS Great Britain
  2. 2New Scenic Railway
  3. 3Post Office Submarine
  4. 4Ship Museum
  5. 5News in Colour: Cowes Week

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Post Office Submarine - Colour. DESCRIPTION: Post Office Mini Submarine to bury the transatlantic telephone cable beneath the sea bed. SHOTLIST: LV pan Vickers Voyager anchored out, SV pan down side of ship showing name Vickers Voyager barrow. BV ship Vickers Voyager. SV cable runner & drill being operated from Pisces the main submarine. SV cable runner being operated. CU 2 television camera lenses. SV cable runner being operated. CU man looking out of mini sub porthole. SV Pisces on board mother ship, it’s run down a railway track to be lowered into the sea. CU front of Pisces pan up to diver standing on top. SLV Pisces on crane about to be lowered into sea. SV field officer talking into microphone. SLV Pisces on tower crane. SV 4 men hauling on rope to lower sub in sea. SV sub in sea. CU man inside sub talking into microphone. SLV Pisces just submerged, small boat nearby. SV 2 men inside sub. SCU feet depth of sea water gauge reading 90’. CU man looking out of mini sub porthole. SCU TV showing sea bed. 3 CUs through porthole of cable runner, man switching radio transmitter on, man talking to mother ship, SV Pisces just below water. CU depth gauge reading almost 0’. 6 SVs Pisces surfacing by nearby boat, field officer talking to sub crew, diver on top of Pisces, SV Pisces on crane being brought aboard, 5 men hanging on rope, Pisces aboard about to be lowered.
Keywords
Ships and boats; Communications
Locations
Dover
Card file number
99283
Credits:
Camera
David Allan
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
135
Story extras:
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