Training Dolphins
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 4 / 4
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Training Dolphins. DESCRIPTION: American scientists train dolphins to understand speech, they have already learnt thirty words. SHOTLIST: GV performing dolphin in Dolphinarium. CU dolphins standing on tails in water, pan as they go backwards. LV dolphin standing on tail in water, other dolphins jump out of water. GV water tank, dolphin jumps up in air (slow motion) and flicks ball on a pole with its tail. SV man holding a pole above water, two dolphins jump over it as 2 others jump in air. (Rest of shots have natural sound). CU dolphins at edge of water looking at trainer. CU trainer pointing to sound notes on board pan as he beckons the dolphins to make this note. SV scientist on boat talking. GV houseboat & dolphins at end of it by scientist. CU scientist talking into mike which transfers sound to dolphins in water. SV dolphin rolling over in water. SV scientist talking on boat. SV dolphin in water. SV dolphin comes up & hits ball on a rope. SV scientist talks to dolphin through mike. SV pan dolphin swimming in water, comes up for fish. SV scientist telling man to throw fish. SV dolphin catching fish. SV scientist & man on houseboat. SV dolphin swimming through hoop music comes in. SV scientist throwing fish to dolphin. SV dolphin swimming through hoop. SV dolphin jumps out of water also. LV houseboat. Dolphin jumps out of water. SV dolphin, another comes into shot. SV dolphins in the water.
- Keywords
- Music and dance; Entertainment and leisure; Communications; Science and technology; Animals; Newsreels
- Locations
- United States of America
- Footage sources
- France
- Card file number
- 74/277
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 215
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