Treasures of the Danube

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2378

Date Released

30 Dec 1974

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Danube Treasures. DESCRIPTION: The gravel on the riverbed of the Danube has yielded up many treasures and after cleaning they go on view in the Country’s Museums. SHOTLIST: Pan the Danube. SV citadel of Visegrad. CU pan pillars & architecture. LV Solomon Treasure pan to dredger in middle of Danube. LV dredger. SV dredger’s digging equipment. SV gravel spilling out of shoot into hold. SV digging equipment, workman asks to stop the machine. CU hand on control. SV workman takes out an object from one of the diggers. SV men looking at the object. SV diggers coming up out of water. CU one of the diggers, workman takes out another object, men come over and look at it. CU object in mens hands. GV dredger. CU axe being taken from show on wall in museum. CU helmet (rotted by rust a bit) in hands of museum people. CU archaeologists looking at them. CU hands holding old sword. CU man holding breast plate, he puts it back on wall show.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Environment; History and archaeology

Locations

Yugoslavia; Danube River

Card file number

74/370

Credits:

Commentator: Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

104

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