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Ship’s Boats Museum

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2484
Date Released
9 Jan 1977
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Ship’s Boats Museum
  2. 2War Museum
  3. 3Acrobatic Gliding

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 3
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Ship’s Boats Section. DESCRIPTION: A new section has been added to the Royal Naval Museum at Portsmouth, on Ship’s Boats. Among the boats displayed is one of the canoes used by the "Cockleshell Heroes" in their famous raid on the German Blockade of Bordeaux in 1943. SHOTLIST: MS surface whaler with model of same in background. MCU the model. MS window dressed with boats. MS replica - ‘Cockleshell Heroes’ canoe. MS Mr & Mrs WE Sparkes being greeted by Captain Pack. MCU Mr Sparkes. MCU still - ‘Cockleshell Heroes’. Blondie Hasleff (left) and Sparkes. MS left to right, Captain Pack (Museum Director), Sparkes, model canoe and Commander Gregory Clark (Curator). CU dummy in canoe. MS Sparkes pan dummy. MCU picture and model of ‘Jolly boat’. CU picture (2 shots). CU model, people by barrels. MCU dummies by model of launch designed for HMS "Victory". CU pan - anchor rope. MCU picture - cutter lowered into water. MCU picture - 30ft. Cutter in water, Liberty men returning to ship. MCU model - Admiralty Steam pinnace boat ‘Benbow’ 1910/1935. CU ditto. MCU picture - RNSA dinghies from HMS "Vernon" 1938 pull back to today’s dinghies. MCU picture - cutter lowered into water. CU another cutter. MS pull back from old style life-raft to modern. MS survival kit zoom to de-oiling cream. CU pack playing-cards. CU compressed sponge. CU packs barley sugars. CU cans of water. MS a Wren inside survival raft. CU hand pulls out can of water. MS Wren looks at can. CU hand pulls out barley sugars. MS Wren opens barley sugars.
Keywords
Ships and boats; History and archaeology
Locations
Portsmouth; Naval Museum
Card file number
76/199
Credits:
Camera
Denis White
Commentator
Leonard Martin
Length of story (in feet)
213
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