Flying Buccaneers

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1729

Date Released

23 Jul 1962

Date submitted

18 Jul 1962

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Flying Buccaneers. DESCRIPTION: Our pictures show Blackburn Buccaneers of the Royal Navy’s re-formed 801 Squadron. The commissioning ceremony took place at Lossiemouth in Scotland. Buccaneers are 2-seater all-weather strike-fighters, equipped with conventional or nuclear weapons. SHOTLIST: MS a Blackburn Buccaneer. GV commissioning ceremony. (2 shots) men lined up. MS Vice Admiral Dreyer hands warrant over to commanding officer. CU badge. GV briefing room. MCU commanding officer. CU (4 shots) men listening. GV line of Buccaneers. (2 shots) crew climb in. CU pilot adjusts helmet. MLS Buccaneers. LS pan take off. Three officers look on. LS pan - formation. Air to air plane in flight. CU pilot. Planes swerve from cameras. LS pan - fly past.

Keywords

Entertainment and leisure; Weapons; Aviation; Navy; Military

Locations

Scotland; Lossiemouth

Card file number

84772

Credits:

Commentator: Leslie Mitchell
Camera: Norman Fisher

Length of story (in feet)

116

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