News in Brief: Flying Platform

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1350
Date Released
18 Apr 1955
Date submitted
14 Apr 1955
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Bannister Honoured
  2. 2News in Brief: Pat Smythe in Algiers
  3. 3News in Brief: Flying Platform
  4. 4News in Brief: Austrians Go to Moscow
  5. 5News in Brief: Famous Film Dog
  6. 6Atomic Rescue Exercise
  7. 7Eastern Affairs
  8. 8Eastern Affairs
  9. 9Eastern Affairs
  10. 10Royal Tour of Lancashire

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 10
Section Title
News in Brief
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Flying Platform. DESCRIPTION: A new American one-man helicopter is an experimental machine driven by two propellers inside the base. SHOTLIST: GV of helicopter taking off and hovering (shot missing??).
Keywords
Aviation
Locations
United States of America; California; Palo Alto
Footage sources
United States of America
Card file number
63296
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
27
Story extras:
Film clip

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