Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: By Hare and Tortoise to Paris

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1009

Date Released

4 Oct 1948

Date submitted

1 Oct 1948

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 6

Section Title

Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Operation Hare & Tortoise. DESCRIPTION: A relay flight of two helicopters and a Meteor jet, delivered a letter from the Lord Mayor of London to his Paris counterpart in 47 minutes. SHOTLIST: KS GV bomb site near St Paul’s Cathedral. MS Bristol 171 helicopter landing. SCU letter. MS of same being handed to pilot. MS crowd. MS helicopter taking off with St Paul’s in background. CU of Meteor jet at Biggin Hill. CU of pilot Squadron Leader Waterton. Helicopter landing. MS man transferring message to Meteor. Passing camera shot of Meteor taking off. MS Meteor on Orly airfield. MS message being transferred to Sikorsky helicopter which takes off. Skyline shot of helicopter (x2). MS helicopter lands in Paris. GV crowd & Deputy Mayor. SCU delivery of letter. SCU man speaking.

Keywords

Aviation; Local government

Locations

Paris; London

Footage sources

France

Card file number

50864

Credits:

Camera: Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Commentator: Lionel James Gamlin
Camera: Martin Gray

Length of story (in feet)

155

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