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Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Lancasters over America

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
894A
Date Released
25 Jul 1946
Date submitted
22 Jul 1946
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Thailand Tragedy
  2. 2Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Lancasters over America
  3. 3Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: The Second Test
  4. 4Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: First Twelve for Australia
  5. 5Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Wooderson’s Record
  6. *Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Royal Visit to North Wales

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 5
Section Title
Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: RAF Lancasters Over New York. DESCRIPTION: Royal Air Force Lancasters fly in formation or New York, they are on a goodwill visit to America. SHOTLIST: KS Aerial of formation over New York. Several aerial shots of formations of Lancasters flying over skyscrapers etc. Formation fly over camera. Interior of cockpit, pilot at controls CU. CU letting wheel down & CU wheel touching down on airport. GV-SV of Lancaster landing on aerodrome. Line of Lancasters, crews march in front of planes. GV planes (line of) with crews standing in front of same. Group shot - Group Captain RCM Collard, Wing Commander AJL Craig, both of RAF and Lieutenant General GE Stratemeyer and Colonel LR Parker of USAAF. CU pan of group. GV American band playing (silent) on tarmac. Above ground stand under sign Welcome RAF.
Keywords
Displays; Aviation; Military
Footage sources
USM?
Card file number
47241
Credits:
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Length of story (in feet)
120
Story extras:

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