Tragedy in the Air
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 6 / 6
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Tragedy in the Air. DESCRIPTION: Our pictures show the Red Sales, pride of the Royal Australian Air Force, performing high speed aerobatics in close formation. But disaster struck, 4 Vampire jets were wrecked and 6 men met their death, when they prepared for Australia’s Air Force Week Celebrations. This was Australia’s first multiple crash in peace time, but Movietone recalls historic pictures of a similar disaster which occurred during wartime exercises off Jervis Bay. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV planes in flight, (2 shots) star burst. (8 shots) distribution done by planes. (2 shots) planes touch wings and fall into the sea. GV planes in flight.
- Keywords
- Displays; Aviation; Accidents and disasters; Military
- Locations
- Australia
- Footage sources
- Australia
- Card file number
- 84981
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 102
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