In Memory of the Few

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1320

Date Released

20 Sep 1954

Date submitted

16 Sep 1954

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

8 / 8

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Battle of Britain Fly Past. DESCRIPTION: On the fourteenth anniversary of the Battle of Britain nearly two hundred jets followed the Spitfire and Hurricane over London. On view at Horse Guards Parade, enemy aircraft of 1940 included an ME109, a Heinkel and a Junker. SHOTLIST: CU of lion’s head at Trafalgar Square. Two planes flying past. Spitfire and Hurricane. A pan shot from County Hall. Two jets flying overhead. Various crowd shots. CU of RAF man. Chelsea Pensioner. Horse Guards Parade. Shots of Me109, Heinkel, Junkers, Hurricane and Spitfire. An angled shot of planes flying over Trafalgar Square with Nelson’s Column in foreground.

Keywords

Commemorations; Aviation; Celebrations and festivals

Locations

London

Card file number

61868

Credits:

Commentator: Leslie Mitchell
Camera: Montague G. Benson
Camera: Peter Brown
Camera: Samuelson

Length of story (in feet)

110

Story extras:

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