British Destroyers Lay Depth Charges

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

109

Date Released

6 Jul 1931

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Wimbledon 1931
2. 2Lord Harris on Cricket’s Future
3. 3Huge Fire Destroys Canadian Port
4. 4Finals at Henley Draw Big Crowd
5. 5Premier Endorses Hoover Proposal
6. 6British Destroyers Lay Depth Charges

Story

Story No. within this Issue

6 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: British Destroyers Lay Depth Charges. DESCRIPTION: Anti-submarine School at Portland operate against imaginary enemy craft in Channel. SHOTLIST: Destroyer steaming along at speed, shot of the bridge and look-out. Destroyer steaming head on to camera. Shot of the decks with sailors on same. Destroyer lays smoke screen. Sailor releases depth charge. Explosions of same occur at intervals but all have the ship in the picture. Destroyer steaming along again. The charge is seen leaving and in the air in one shot.

Keywords

Ships and boats; Weapons; Navy; Military

Footage sources

Movietone

Card file number

1285

Length of story (in feet)

91

Story extras:

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