Usual Routine

Series

Series Name

Ingot Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.

22

Date Released

Feb 1955

Length of issue (in feet)

1551

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Scenes behind the scenes - Before the Curtain Rises
2. 2Tools for the Job - ‘Made in Sheffield’
3. 3Usual Routine
4. 4Big Step-Up
5. 5Safe Bond - Safe Find - Steel holds the key
6. 6(Untitled record)

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 6

Summary

NFA synopsis: An explosive Holiday. The Estate Office, Ebbw Vale. A Lieutenant in the Army Emergency Rescue Bomb Disposal Unit, who is also a surveyor at RTB. Footage of defusing bombs and clearing the beaches at Munsley of anti-invasion mines from World War II, using mine detectors. Finding and detonating a mine, and use of an armoured monitor exploding mines by high-pressure water jet. Investigation of a reported unexploded wartime bomb and quite detailed footage of coping with the bomb.

Keywords

Industry and manufacture; Explosions; Military

Written sources

National Film Archive Catalogue   Used for synopsis
Film User   Vol.9 No.104 June 1955, p304.

Credits:

Director

Frank Worth

Producer

Geoff Busby

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Sponsor

Richard Thomas and Baldwins Group

Production Co.

Verity Films Ltd.

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

Email

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Phone

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Fax

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Address

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Notes

The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).

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