R101 Airship

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
20
Date Released
21 Oct 1929
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1500 Mile Race at Brooklands
  2. 2Trafalgar
  3. 3Christmas Turkeys Auctioned
  4. 4R101 Airship
  5. 5Prime Minister in Washington

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: R101 Airship. DESCRIPTION: World’s largest dirigible is tested at Cardington. SHOTLIST: Shots of the airship moored at base. Mooring Test Completed The R101 On First Flight. Shots of the airship leaving her base. Safely Back After Four Hours Flight Shots of the airship in the air. She comes in to base. Close shot of the nose attaching itself to mooring mast. Shot at same.
Keywords
Aviation; Aircraft
Locations
Cardington
Footage sources
Movietone
Card file number
453
Length of story (in feet)
204
Story extras:
Film clip

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