News in Brief: CD Helicopter

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1372

Date Released

19 Sep 1955

Date submitted

14 Sep 1955

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Keenan KO’s Tuli
2. 2Moscow Diary
3. 3News in Brief: CD Helicopter
4. 4News in Brief: Premier with RAF
5. 5News in Brief: Sir Winston Holiday
6. 6Light Time in Italy
7. 7Macdonald in India
8. 8Salute to the Few

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 8

Section Title

News in Brief

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Civil Defence Helicopter. DESCRIPTION: On charter from BEA a Westland Sikorsky Whirlwind has joined up with Civil Defence. The inauguration ceremony took place at South Bank and was attend by Major Lloyd George. SHOTLIST: LS helicopter approaching to land. CU helicopter landing. CU Major Lloyd George inspecting guard of honour. CU members of the Civil Defence. CU Major Lloyd George getting into helicopter. CU helicopter taking off. Helicopter - Westland Sikorsky - Inauguration ceremony.

Keywords

Aviation; Ceremonies; Civil defence; Military

Locations

London; South Bank

Card file number

64560

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Camera

John Davies

Length of story (in feet)

62

Story extras:

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