Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Britain’s Largest Air Liner Takes to the Air

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
878
Date Released
1 Apr 1946
Date submitted
28 Mar 1946
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Trailer: Family Allowance
  2. 2Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: UNO Meets in New York
  3. 3Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Britain’s Largest Air Liner Takes to the Air
  4. 4Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Preparations for the World’s Greatest Chase
  5. 5Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Oxford Win First Post-War Boat Race

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 5
Section Title
Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Avro "Tudor II" on Test Flight. DESCRIPTION: The Avro Tudor II is a new sixty seater passenger air liner and it recently went through it’s paces for the cameras. SHOTLIST: KS Tudor. CU belly of plane. GV plane being towed out of hangar and across aerodrome. GV Tudor II. People boarding plane, about sixty, Rolls Royce Merlin engines started and taxies, takes-off, into camera. SV and out of camera. In the sky, various GVs and banking etc. MS of Tudor II with Tudor I in background. Various aerial shots of Tudor II.
Keywords
Aviation
Locations
Cheshire; Woodford
Card file number
46711
Credits:
Camera
David Prosser
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Camera
Paul Wyand
Length of story (in feet)
92
Story extras:
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