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London’s Heliport

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1560
Date Released
27 Apr 1959
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Epsom Race Crash
  2. 2Latest Craze
  3. 3London’s Heliport
  4. 4Margot Fonteyn Home
  5. 5Royal Visit to Rome

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: London’s Heliport. DESCRIPTION: A landing platform, built over the Thames, and its control tower make up London’s first Heliport, at Battersea. Mr John Hay, of the Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation, performed the official opening. After the ceremony, he flew off on his first helicopter trip. And here is a bird’s-eye view of the new buildings now so rapidly going up in London, and the famous landmarks of the capital: the Palace of Westminster, the Houses of Parliament, St Paul’s Cathedral, the Tower of London and Tower Bridge and many more. SHOTLIST: Low angle helicopter (key). GV heliport. MS Mr John May on Control Tower. Same cuts tape. GV Mr May in cockpit of helicopter. MS helicopter. Low angle. CU files overhead. Aerial shot pan River Thames. Aerial shot - pan London. Pilot in cockpit (interior). Aerial shot pan new flats at Battersea. Aerial GV Houses of Parliament. GV St Paul’s from cockpit. Aerial shot pan - Tower of London. LS Tower Bridge seen from cockpit. Aerial shot - pan Tower Bridge GV pan - Battersea Power Station. GV Heliport.
Keywords
Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Aviation; Ceremonies; Engineering; Scenery and travel
Locations
London; England
Card file number
76983
Credits:
Commentator
Jeffrey K. Shearley
Camera
John Davies
Camera
Len Waldorf
Length of story (in feet)
152
Story extras:

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