Learning on ScreenMovietone’s Wartime News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Helicopters Through the Ages
Series
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- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 5 / 5
- Section Title
- Movietone’s Wartime News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Helicopter. DESCRIPTION: From the autogiros of previous decades has developed the helicopter. The newest of these has just been adopted by the US Army Air Force. SHOTLIST: CU of helicopter taking off vertically, remains poised in mid-air. GS of plane at speed, also landing vertically. Cut story - Mechanical bird set in flight, flying & landing, as other "bird" pick up a small dog by his side bites at wings. Autogiro in flight lands on roof of building, also TO. Several shots of Giros flying in lines & formation. CU Helicopter engine turning, Helicopter takes off vertically at an Arena in Germany, remains poised in mid-air. (All preceding is Library material). Latest US Helicopter TO vertically, in flight, previous to this another piece of Library Material is an American Helicopter TO, pilot has Trilby hat on, which remains on head. Latest Helicopter lands & passenger jumps off, pilot then climbs again, in flight, & eventually lands vertically.
- Keywords
- Buildings and structures; Aviation; Animals; Military
- Footage sources
- United States of America
Pathe
- Card file number
- 43573
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 137
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