News Items from Various Quarters

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1182
Date Released
28 Jan 1952
Date submitted
21 Jan 1952
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Mr Macmillan Opens People’s Houses
  2. 2British Troops Extend Canal Zone Control
  3. 3News Items from Various Quarters
  4. 4News Items from Various Quarters
  5. 5News Items from Various Quarters
  6. 6News Items from Various Quarters
  7. 7News Items from Various Quarters
  8. 8News Items from Various Quarters

Story

Story No. within this Issue
6 / 8
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: News Items From Various Quarters. Largest Land Plane Xc-99. DESCRIPTION: For San Antonio, Texas, comes this glimpse of what claims to be the world’s largest land plane, the X099 - a cargo version of the B39 bomber. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. CX-99 taxies. Various angle shots of plane. Underneath fuselage, goods being loaded on. Inside fuselage on plane, goods being packed aboard. Plane taxies, & takes off. Air to air shots of it in flight.
Keywords
Aviation; Military
Locations
Texas; San Antonio
Footage sources
United States of America
Card file number
56679
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
59
Story extras:
Film clip

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