A 30 second reel script in my HMDS Nova Scotia Stories style: one real person, a short first line, and words on screen held long enough to read. Facts checked against the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic and The Canadian Encyclopedia.
0 to 3 sec. On screen: He could have run. Voice: On December 6, 1917, Vince Coleman could have run.
3 to 9 sec. On screen: A ship on fire. Voice: He was a train dispatcher in Halifax. A ship full of explosives was burning in the harbour.
9 to 15 sec. On screen: 300 people on board. Voice: He started to leave. Then he remembered the morning train from Saint John, with about 300 people on board.
15 to 22 sec. On screen: Goodbye boys. Voice: He went back to his telegraph key and sent a warning down the line. He signed off: goodbye boys.
22 to 27 sec. On screen: 9:04 a.m. Voice: At 9:04, the Mont-Blanc exploded. Coleman was killed.
27 to 30 sec. On screen: Did he save them? Voice: Did his warning stop that train? Most historians say no, it was running late. But his message brought help fast. What do you think?
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A fact-checked 30 second reel script with the hook, words on screen and voiceover laid out second by second.