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Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: British Aviation Headlines

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
958
Date Released
13 Oct 1947
Date submitted
9 Oct 1947
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Greek King Tours Frontier
  2. 2Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Taxi Anti-Thug Device
  3. 3Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: British Aviation Headlines
  4. 4Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: British Aviation Headlines
  5. 5Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: In the News: De Gaulle Inspires His Supporters
  6. 6Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: In the News: Tyrone Power in South Africa
  7. 7Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: In the News: Strachey Meets Soviet Food Ships
  8. 8Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: In the News: Skipper Orsborne’s Story

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 8
Section Title
Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: British Aviation - Supersonic Rocket Plane. DESCRIPTION: SUPERSONIC ROCKET TESTED - A rocket propelled miniature aircraft is launched from a Mosquito in a test flight over the Atlantic. SHOTLIST: KS robot plane under fuselage of Mosquito. Various shots of robot plane being attached to Mosquito’s under-carriage. Mosquito pushed out of hangar. Mosquito taxies into position for take off. Take off and out of camera shots of plane flying over camera.
Keywords
Aviation
Locations
Cornwall; St Eval
Footage sources
Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer
Card file number
49278
Credits:
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Length of story (in feet)
57
Story extras:

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