News in Brief: Tricky Flying

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1468A

Date Released

25 Jul 1957

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Theatre News
2. 2News in Brief: Aiming for the Title
3. 3News in Brief: Rail Disaster
4. 4News in Brief: Tricky Flying
5. 5News in Brief: An ‘Invasion’
6. 6Ibbotson’s Record
7. 7Car Trial Hazards
8. 8Moss Wins at Aintree

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 8

Section Title

News in Brief

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Cotton Dusting Tricky Flying. DESCRIPTION: In Colombia, cotton crops have been seriously threatened by the boll weevil. The pest is dealt with by aerial dusting - a tricky job for the pilot. SHOTLIST: Shots of 4 planes flying over the cotton crops. Single plane over crops that go down a very steep hill. CU Plane towards camera.

Keywords

Aviation; Agriculture; Insects

Locations

South America; Colombia

Footage sources

United States of America

Card file number

71300

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Length of story (in feet)

35

Story extras:

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