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Irish Nuclear Project

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2370
Date Released
4 Nov 1974
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1All Colour: The State Opening of Parliament
  2. *Irish Nuclear Project

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Irish Nuclear Project - Colour. SHOTLIST: GV pan Poolaphuca Hydro-electric Station on river Liffey, County Wicklow. GV peat fire station at Rode, harvesting machine passes in f/g. SV 2 cooling towers from same station pan at 77’ to station. GV oil fired as ESB power station Great Island in County Wexford. GV state nuclear power station in Hamburg, Germany. LV oil-fired station alongside, pan up chimney. GV state nuclear station from 600’ chimney. GV oil-fired station pan at 123’ to state nuclear station alongside. GV modern administration building. GV River Elbe. GV pan high tension transmission lines spanning the River Elbe, interconnection with Scandinavia with pylons 600’ high. Travel shot past Stade power station. GV map of Western Europe showing existing power stations in operation. CU chart of nuclear power station planned or under construction in Western Europe. GV Stade nuclear power station. GTV switch yard of Stade power station, tracking shot past Stade power station. GV interior generating hall with steam turbines Stade. LV ditto with power generator in f/g, this generator has an output of 662000 kw. LV control room pan to operators briefing Irish engineers in front of control panel. Semi view Irish engineers being briefed. SV operators and Irish engineers at control panel. SV door lock to reactor opening Stade reactor is pressurised, in case of any air leak, no air escape can take place. SV Irish engineers entering safety air-lock chamber. LV Irish engineers inside active reactor on nuclear charging bridge. Irish engineer on radiation measurement machine being checked out after leaving reactor area. Map of England and Ireland showing Carnsore Point site of planned nuclear station indicated by square jumps in. GAV flying over site of Carnsore Point County Wexford. Nearer air V flying over countryside and rigs for test drilling for soil and rock samples. GV zoom in to drilling rig for new nuclear power station. SV drilling rig in operation. SV pan down to man on rig to drill. CU drill working. Angle shot man on rig. SV engineer checking core taken from drill. SV engineer putting core sample into box with other samples. LV drilling rig. CU local fishermen steering boat. TV pan ESB civil engineers on board boat with floating markers. CU engineer throwing marker into water. GV another marker into water. SV another marker into water. SV marker floating on water. SV another marker thrown in. CU marker floating on water. SV men in boat taking reading (sights) with sextants. CU 2 men taking sextant readings. GV white fronted geese flying away from Wexford Wildfowl Reserve. SV notice board Wexford Wildfowl Reserve. GV white geese flying away. GV pan from sea to derelict farmhouse and ruins of St. Vogues Oratory. SV derelict farmhouse. LV pan Irish ESB civil engineers on site of Biblis (pronounced Beeblis) nuclear power station under construction on River Rhine. SV Irish engineers under construction. GV pan construction at Biblis of the reactor containment dome the 12" steel housing is being covered with concrete. SV ditto dome of reactor. GV reactor on River Rhine with barges passing up stream. LV barge up river. SV Biblis power station. SV interior model of nuclear station. SV interior 2 men showing and explaining sample of nuclear fuel elements. GV nuclear station at Obrigheim on River Neckar in Germany in operation 6 years. SV pan from nuclear station to village across River Neckar. GV nuclear station in surrounding countryside matching environment. GV children with parents playing in garden with nuclear station in b/g. SV children playing in sand pit pan up to nuclear station in distance. SV potatoes being harvested in field with station in b/g. SV pan gathering potatoes. SV boys gathering potatoes. GV farmers harvesting apples pan to nuclear station. SV family gathering apples. CU placing apples in basket. SV pan anglers fishing at cooling water outfall of station. SV angler fishing. GV electric grid transmission switch station near Maynooth - Ireland. Helicopter flying away for line inspection. SV pan grid system interconnecting line to Northern Ireland. SV interior switch station with man at control board. CU 8 dials working. CU chart Ireland’s power sources. GV Obrighein nuclear station on River Neckar. SV animated diagram water cooling circuit. SV fishing trawler at sea.
Local distribution only
Ireland release only
Keywords
Buildings and structures; Entertainment and leisure; Vehicles; Environment; Aviation; Agriculture; Science and technology; Industry and manufacture; Safety devices; Birds; Animals; Engineering; Nuclear energy
Locations
Republic of Ireland
Card file number
74/230
Credits:
Camera
George Fleishchmann
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
800
Story extras:

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