Air Mail Jubilee

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1684A
Date Released
14 Sep 1961
Date Other
Sep 1961
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1A Tall Ship in Town
  2. 2Air Mail Jubilee
  3. 3Stars at the Races
  4. 4Shannon Disaster
  5. 5Latest Skyscraper
  6. 6Invention
  7. 7Tragedy at Monza

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 7
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Air Mail Jubilee. DESCRIPTION: In came a helicopter from Hendon to Windsor, on a flight to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of Air Mail services in Britain. The pilot delivered greetings from the Mayor of Hendon to the Mayor of Windsor, and there was a special anniversary postmark for this souvenir delivery. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV pan helicopter landing. MS people watching. MS pilot delivering greetings from Mayor. CU postcard. CU another. CU another. CU another. MS pan postman carrying mail. LS Mayor franking the mail. MCU same. Helicopter from Hendon to Windsor to celebrate Golden Jubilee of Airmail services to Great Britain.
Keywords
Aviation; Communications
Locations
London; Hendon; Windsor; Berkshire
Card file number
83134
Credits:
Camera
A. R. Edmonds
Camera
Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
71
Story extras:
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