General Eisenhower Sees Air Defence Fly-Past

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1142
Date Released
23 Apr 1951
Date submitted
13 Apr 1951
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Her Majesty Opens Keele Hall College
  2. 2Labour Party Colleagues’ Farewell to Bevin
  3. 3Mechanical Innovations for Industry
  4. 4HMS Affray - Channel Search Scenes
  5. 5General Eisenhower Sees Air Defence Fly-Past
  6. 6General Macarthur Returns to America

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: General Eisenhower Sees Air Defence Fly Past. DESCRIPTION: General Eisenhower - Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in Europe - recently paid a visit to a United States Air Base at Munich. He inspected the men and their machines before watching a fly-past by F84 Thunder Jets. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. Elevated GV Eisenhower walks across aerodrome inspecting F84 Thunder Jets. Several shots of Eisenhower with General Norstad. Eisenhower makes close inspection of Thunder Jets. SCU engine. Looks at cockpit. CU Eisenhower. Over camera - several shots Thunder Jets passing over in formation.
Keywords
Displays; Aviation; Military
Locations
Germany; Munich
Footage sources
Germany
Card file number
55316
Credits:
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Length of story (in feet)
74
Story extras:
Film clip

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