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

Story extras:

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