Mid-African Airport Opened

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1109

Date Released

4 Sep 1950

Date Other

Aug 1950

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Ship Crash Rescues
2. 2Personalities in the News
3. 3World’s Most Powerful Jet
4. 4Mid-African Airport Opened
5. 5Australia’s Davis Cup
6. 6Britain’s No 1 Bathing Beauty

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Livingstone Airport. DESCRIPTION: The opening of the new International one million pound Airport at Livingstone, Northern Rhodesia, was a big event. The ceremony was performed by Lord Pakenham, Britain’s Minister of Civil Aviation. SHOTLIST: Air view runway (x2). Air view Victoria Falls (x2). GV Victoria Falls. MS Lord Pakenham (later Lord Longford). GV Lord Pakenham inspects Guard of Honour. GV Pakenham making speech. GV flag broken, 2 shots crowds watching. LS plane takes off. LAS crowd in foreground, plane taking off behind. Air view 3 running giraffes. AV 2 shots running animals. AV zebras. AV herds of elephants.

Keywords

Politics and government; Aviation; Ceremonies

Locations

Northern Rhodesia

Footage sources

British Paramount

Card file number

54251

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

107

Story extras:

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