Flight from Czechoslovakia

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1087
Date Released
3 Apr 1950
Date submitted
30 Mar 1950
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1New Jet Fighter for the Navy
  2. 2Flight from Czechoslovakia
  3. 3Shorter Tresses
  4. 4Sportsman of the Year
  5. 5Cambridge Win the Boat Race
  6. *Mr Potter’s Aid to the Limbless
  7. *James Wickham Joins Irish Fishing Fleet
  8. *Princess Margaret in Lancashire

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Flight From Czechoslovakia. DESCRIPTION: At Erding (in the American Zone in Germany), some twenty miles from Munich, three Czech planes recently landed carrying passengers, over a score of whom wished to remain on the Western side of the Iron Curtain. SHOTLIST: KS. Three planes side by side on aerodrome. Czechs walk across aerodrome, several shots, entering hutments. SCU of types. Others walking past camera. Cut-in sign "Erding Air Base".
Local distribution only
Not shown in Manchester or Liverpool.
Keywords
Displaced persons
Locations
Germany; Erding Air Base
Footage sources
Germany
Card file number
53480
Credits:
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Length of story (in feet)
59
Story extras:
Film clip

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