Safety in Fireworks

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2312

Date Released

25 Sep 1973

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Safety in Fireworks. DESCRIPTION: Hungarian People’s Army demonstrate how to put on a firework display in perfect safety. The fireworks are lit by remote control. SHOTLIST: SV lorry parked by embankment & look out tower, a barrier comes down in front of camera. SV fireworks under preparation pan up to three men preparing them. 6 SVs, metal tubes being mounted into concrete blocks, explosives being lowered into tubes by firework expert from Nitro Kemic of Fusfo, standing by firework, SV man routing ignition cable down firing pipe, man wiring up fireworks, people standing by firing pipes. CU firing pipes’ tops being sealed. 3 SVs firing pipes ready to be fired, ditto on left ignition cables on right up wall, bunker soldiers of People’s Army about to fire them. GV search light in air. CU switch is thrown. GV first explosion. CU switches. SV 2nd explosion. GV 3rd. SV two soldiers watching. GV fireworks in sky. CU man. GV rocket firing into sky pan to explosion in sky.

Keywords

Entertainment and leisure

Locations

Hungary; Gellert Mountain

Footage sources

France

Card file number

99341

Credits:

Commentator: Leonard Martin

Length of story (in feet)

101

Story extras:

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