Aviation - Round the World Flight

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1031A

Date Released

10 Mar 1949

Date submitted

7 Mar 1949

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Trailer: Jet Propelled Germs
2. 2Sport - Cricket - Portable Pitch
3. 3Sport - Daring Cliff Diving
4. 4Royal Activities - Youth Reception
5. 5Royal Activities - Port Brisbane Visit
6. 6Aviation - Round the World Flight
7. 7The Weather - Britain’s Contrast
8. 8The Weather - Holland’s Hurricane
9. 9In Germany - Frankfurt’s Little Blockade
10. 10In Germany - Mr Attlee’s Berlin Visit

Story

Story No. within this Issue

6 / 10

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Round-The-World Flight. DESCRIPTION: From Fort Worth, Texas, an American Superfortress took off to fly round the world non-stop. It re-fuelled in mid-air, the trip taking 94 hours. SHOTLIST: KS Superfort taxies across aerodrome. Crew of plane lined up on runway. Captain, in close up dismisses crew. SCU engines turning over. B50 Superfort taxies & takes off. Fade to map of globe. Lines indicate route taken round the world. Aerial shot Superfort in flight. Another plane drops petrol line to same. Refuelling in mid-air. Map cut-in. Plane touches down at Fort Worth into camera. Taxies & crew receive congratulations.

Keywords

Aviation

Locations

Texas; Fort Worth

Footage sources

United States of America

Card file number

51589

Credits:

Commentator

Lionel James Gamlin

Length of story (in feet)

113

Story extras:

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