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:

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