Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Flying Racehorses

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
918A
Date Released
9 Jan 1947
Date submitted
6 Jan 1947
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Monty for Moscow
  2. 2Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Flying Racehorses
  3. 3Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Disasters
  4. 4Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Disasters
  5. 5Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Disasters
  6. 6Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Sea Stories
  7. 7Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Sea Stories
  8. 8Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Australia Retains the Ashes

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 8
Section Title
Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: English Racehorses Flown to USA. DESCRIPTION: Racehorses crossing the Atlantic have taken to the air in a specially fitted plane. SHOTLIST: KS GV Skymaster of American Airlines in background with racehorses in fore. Various shots of racehorses including ‘Fast and Fair’ and ‘Radiotherapy’ being loaded into plane. Interior shots of plane, shows same how it is specially fitted for horses. Several shots of horses being lifted up to entrance of plane by automatic elevator. One of the horses kicks out and hits man in chest. CU horses. SCU engines running. Skymaster taxies and takes off out of camera.
Keywords
Horse racing; Aviation
Locations
London; London Heathrow Airport
Card file number
47990
Credits:
Camera
Eddie Smales
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Camera
Norman Fisher
Length of story (in feet)
101
Story extras:

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