China Enlarges Her Fighting Air Force

Series

Series Name
British Movietone Gazette

Issue

Issue No.
227
Date Released
9 Oct 1933
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Norfolk Turkeys Go to Fateful Market
  2. 2China Enlarges Her Fighting Air Force
  3. 3Dr Dollfuss Escapes Assassin’s Bullet
  4. 4War-Time Hutments End in Big Blaze

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: China Enlarges Her Fighting Air Force. DESCRIPTION: Delivery is taken of new machines at Shanghai and aviation display marks occasion. SHOTLIST: General shot of the aerodrome with people walking around. Plane is christened. Planes lined up on aerodrome (Bi-planes). Formation of bi-planes take off into camera. Bi-planes fly over heads of crowd. Formation flying past camera. LS. close shot of group of Chinese boys looking up. One has camera. Three formation of bi-planes flying into and past camera. Plane stunting. Monoplane flies low over heads of crowd who duck as it passes.
Keywords
Entertainment and leisure; Children; Aviation; Stunts; Military; Exhibitions and shows
Footage sources
Movietone
Card file number
2613
Length of story (in feet)
119
Story extras:
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