Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Day of Helicopter Motoring Draws Near

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
961
Date Released
3 Nov 1947
Date submitted
30 Oct 1947
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Herring Harvest
  2. 2Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Day of Helicopter Motoring Draws Near
  3. 3Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Motorists’ Petition Impresses Commons
  4. 4Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Mr Shinwell Inspects Southern Command
  5. 5Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Durbar in Jaipur
  6. 6Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Princess Elizabeth Launches New Cunarder
  7. *Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Their Majesties in Devon and Cornwall

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 6
Section Title
Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: To the Office By Helicopter. DESCRIPTION: A Bell-Irving helicopter recently flew from Hanworth to a bomb site car park in the City of London. SHOTLIST: KS CU wheel of helicopter and take off over camera. MS helicopter over camera. Helicopter coming down to land. MS ruins of city, shots of people standing around as same lands (unseen). MS Bell-Irving Helicopter. MS people looking up at helicopter. Shots of ruined buildings as seen from helicopter. Shot of Tower Bridge taken from helicopter, Battersea Power Station and Kew, shows gasometer (gas holder) very prominent. These shots are taken from helicopter as same flies up river.
Keywords
Aviation
Locations
London; Lime Street
Card file number
49364
Credits:
Camera
David Prosser
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Camera
Norman Fisher
Length of story (in feet)
71
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