The ‘Gordon Bennett’

Series

Series Name

Topical Budget

Issue

Issue No.

720-1

Date Released

11 Jun 1925

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Prince in South Africa
2. 2Is Jazz Band Fit for Sunday?
3. 3The ‘Gordon Bennett’
4. 4Fostering the ‘Noble Art’
5. 5King and Queen in the West

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 5

Summary

[1ST SUBTITLE]: "Start of the world’s most famous race from Solbosch, Belgium." Long shot of the competing balloons. Medium close shot of the base of a balloon. [2ND SUBTITLE]: "'Elsie’ (Britain), (centre) met with disaster". Medium close shot of three balloons. [3RD SUBTITLE]: "Captain C Spencer in ‘Miramer’". Close shot of Spencer with woman. Competing balloons, one airborne. Base of another balloon just starting.

Keywords

Aviation

Length of story (in feet)

72

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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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