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Underwater Menace

Series

Series Name
Look At Life

Issue

Issue No.
494
Date Released
1968
Length of issue (in feet)
810
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Underwater Menace

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 1
Summary
BFI synopsis: The work of the Royal Navy in dealing with relics of the last war - floating mines, sunken ammunition ships, etc. The destruction of a British destroyer which, loaded with 100 tons of explosives, had been rusting on the bed of Grand Harbour, Malta, since 1941.
Researcher Comments
Look At Life Series 38 comprises Issues 482-494.
Keywords
Ships and boats; Navy; Salvage; Demolition; Engineering
Written sources
British Film Institute Databases   Used for synopsis
The British National Film Catalogue   Vol.7, 1969, p.59
British Movietonews Listing
Credits:
Producer
Antony Barrier
Production Co.
Antony Barrier Productions
Commentator
Duncan Carse
Editor
Robert Frost
Camera
Ron Granville
Camera
Stephen Halliday
Production Co.
The Rank Organisation Special Features Division

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Film Archive

Name
Reuters Archive Licensing: Screen Ocean
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Address
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Notes
British Pathe Ltd (qv) also handles the Reuters Historical Collection, which includes the British Paramount, Empire British, Gaumont Graphic and Gaumont British newsreels.
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Name
British Film Institute (BFI)
Email
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Phone
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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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