Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Holiday Run-About of the Air

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

896

Date Released

5 Aug 1946

Date submitted

1 Aug 1946

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Primate on Palestine Situation
2. 2Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Queen Wilhelmina’s Gift of Horses
3. 3Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: The Scunthorpe Squatters
4. 4Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: US Inter-State Beauty Contest
5. 5Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Holiday Run-About of the Air
6. 6Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Nursery Fashions

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 6

Section Title

Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Picnic By Plane. DESCRIPTION: In America a small seaplane is used to find an away from it all picnic spot. SHOTLIST: GV seaplane in water, dog being taken from same. Loading plane with picnic basket etc. Plane wheeled into water, taxies, takes off and in flight. Lands on water near beach, approaches same into camera. Owner & wife presumably alight, seated on beach eating from picnic basket, drinking etc. Wife runs along wing of seaplane and dives into water, shot of her in water. GV of owner & wife seated on wing.

Keywords

Aviation

Locations

Lake Erie

Footage sources

USM?

Card file number

47285

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

89

Story extras:

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