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Movietone’s News - Reported by Geoffrey Sumner: Northolt Air Disaster

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
996A
Date Released
8 Jul 1948
Date submitted
6 Jul 1948
Date submitted
5 Jul 1948
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Movietone’s News - Reported by Geoffrey Sumner: Northolt Air Disaster
  2. 2Movietone’s News - Reported by Geoffrey Sumner: Last British Troops Leave Palestine
  3. 3Movietone’s News - Reported by Geoffrey Sumner: Hunting Porpoises
  4. 4Movietone’s News - Reported by Geoffrey Sumner: India Takes over Famous Cruiser
  5. 5Movietone’s News - Reported by Geoffrey Sumner: Berlin Impasse
  6. 6Movietone’s News - Reported by Geoffrey Sumner: Trailer: What’s in a Number
  7. 6Movietone’s News - Reported by Geoffrey Sumner: UN Delegates in Palestine
  8. *Movietone’s News - Reported by Geoffrey Sumner: Leeds Children’s Day
  9. *Movietone’s News - Reported by Geoffrey Sumner: Scottish Tour Ends

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 6
Section Title
Movietone’s News - Reported by Geoffrey Sumner
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Northolt Air Crash. DESCRIPTION: The worst air disaster ever known in Britain took place when two planes circling Northolt Aerodrome in very bad weather collided. SHOTLIST: Various shots of wrecked planes, still smouldering. GV of Swedish plane wreck. GV wrecked York plane in which Sir Edward Gent (High Comissioner of Malaya) died.
Local distribution only
Not shown in Scotland.
Keywords
Aviation; Accidents and disasters
Card file number
50434
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Camera
Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Length of story (in feet)
71
Story extras:

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