90,000 See Air Pageant Stunts

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1051A

Date Released

28 Jul 1949

Date submitted

25 Jul 1949

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Daily Mail Air Pageant. DESCRIPTION: At Gatwick, an enormous crowd attended to see acrobatics, aerial display and dare-devil flying. Miss Betty Skelton from America shows her efficiency in flying, doing a double flick roll and flying under a ribbon about twelve feet from the ground. The Wee-Bee, the smallest piloted plane in the world, is piloted by Karl Montigo, the Secretary of State for Air chats with him before taking off. SHOTLIST: KS. Crowds look up as Vampire streaks across the sky. Crowds look at formation of Superfortresses passing overhead & over camera. Betty Skilton pats her mascot painted on tail of her machine. SCU in cockpit & flying, does a double flick roll, & flies low under ribbon held up by long arms. Arthur Henderson talks (silent) with Mr Karl Montigo, pilot of the "Wee-Bee" plane (smallest in the world). "Wee-Bee" takes off & in flight. Public look at latest types of planes.

Keywords

Entertainment and leisure; Aviation; Stunts

Locations

Gatwick

Card file number

52299

Credits:

Camera: Alec Tozer
Camera: David W. Samuelson
Commentator: Lionel James Gamlin

Length of story (in feet)

113

Story extras:

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