Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: America Tries Out Largest Land Plane

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
965A
Date Released
4 Dec 1947
Date submitted
24 Nov 1947
Date submitted
1 Dec 1947
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: US Coastguards Clear Oregon Shore
  2. 2Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: America Tries Out Largest Land Plane
  3. 3Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Blimp Cabin as Fashion Showroom
  4. 4Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Sport: Boxing - Mills Narrow Victory
  5. 5Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Sport: Soccer - Arsenal Beaten
  6. 6Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Sport: Soccer - Tommy Lawton V Horsham
  7. 7Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Sport: Rugger - A Cambridge Victory
  8. 8Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Trailer: Your Stamp Duty

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 8
Section Title
Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: World’s Largest Land Plane Xc-99. DESCRIPTION: The XC-99 is claimed to be the largest land plane in the world, designed as an American Army Transport. SHOTLIST: KS MS plane taxies along tarmac, camera panning. Plane turns into camera. Starts to taxi and takes of - SV. Aerial shots of plane flying over San Diego and Californian mountains. As plane taxies along tarmac cars speed along side of same. Military Transport Plane.
Keywords
Aviation
Locations
California; San Diego
Footage sources
United States of America
Card file number
49504
Credits:
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Length of story (in feet)
71
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