At Home & Abroad: Wreck tragedy off Cornwall

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
452A
Date Released
3 Feb 1938
Date submitted
2 Feb 1938
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1The Front Page: Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Princess Juliana’s baby girl
  2. 2The Front Page: Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Bigger Battleships?
  3. 3At Home & Abroad: Their Majesties return to London
  4. 4At Home & Abroad: Wreck tragedy off Cornwall
  5. 5At Home & Abroad: Rome wedding of Mussolini’s niece
  6. 6At Home & Abroad: Conscripts’ Fete in France
  7. 7At Home & Abroad: Paris Explosion
  8. 8Aviation: Wellington Bomber tries her wings
  9. 9Around Town: with Carl Bernard
  10. 10Sports Page: with Alan Howland: Empire Games athletes
  11. 11Sports Page: with Alan Howland: Boxing - Schmeling v Foord
  12. 12Sports Page: with Alan Howland: Boxing - Ben Foord’s homecoming
  13. 13Sports Page: with Alan Howland: British Bobsleigh Team takes World Title

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 13
Section Title
At Home & Abroad
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Shipwreck at St Ives. SHOTLIST: Long and close shot of the ship on the rocks with seas dashing over the decks. Seas breaking over promenade. CU of two lifeboat men, with spray breaking over them. Life boat at sea. LS. This is a rowboat not the large life-boat. Lifeboat lies on rocks - lifeboat men.
Keywords
Ships and boats; Accidents and disasters
Footage sources
Local
Card file number
32480
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
20
Story extras:
Film clip

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