Wonderful Escape
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 2 / 5
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Wonderful Escape. DESCRIPTION: A Lightning fighter was under test, flying, it is believed, at some thirteen hundred miles an hour, about forty thousand feet up. Suddenly, a split-second emergency, and a split second to operate the ejector-seat. Johnny Squier was thrown clear of him doomed, supersonic machine. Paddling and drifting in his dinghy, he reached the shore near Garlieston in Scotland, thirty hours after baling out. Taken later to Garrick Cottage Hospital, Stranrear, his wife and Mr Roland Beaumont (English Electric’s chief test pilot) were there to see him. SHOTLIST: CU air to air ‘Lightning’ (key). Longer same. Slip pan. LS Martin Ejector seat test from Meteor Jet. MS officials carry dinghy. Another angle same. MS to CU same. FS same. GV Garrick Cottage Hospital, Stranraer. MS Mrs Squier and Mr Beaumont. Closer same. MS Mrs Squier by her husband’s bedside.
- Keywords
- Buildings and structures; Health and medicine; Aviation; Accidents and disasters; Military
- Locations
- Scotland
- Card file number
- 78281
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Geoffrey Sumner
- Camera
- John Charles Elder
- Length of story (in feet)
- 95
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