Landing on the Beam

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1748A
Date Released
6 Dec 1962
Date submitted
28 Nov 1962
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Landing on the Beam
  2. 2Country Comes to Town
  3. 3House-Bound for Five Years
  4. 4Thousand Pound Wager!
  5. 5Cavalcade of Christmas (In Colour)

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Landing on the Beam. DESCRIPTION: This giant aerial is part of the latest blind landing system to be devised. It guides a plane from approach to actual touch-down, and all along the runway. The aerial sends out a powerful radio beam and as the aircraft approaches the beam is picked up by the automatic pilot. A dial indicates the angle of approach and brings the plane down along the centre of the runway. It’s all completely automatic. SHOTLIST: Key scene. Aerial (2 shots). CU same. CU detail of aerial. LS plane flies over aerial. CU control room (2 shots). LS plane in flight. TS plane’s wing - ground below, pilot at controls (2 shots). CU instrument board showing ‘off’. Pilot’s hands on control. Instrument board showing ‘on’. CU pilot releases controls. LS aerial through cockpit. LS landscape from plane. CU controls automatic. MS wing tip. LS aerial viewed from cockpit. CU controls (2 shots). LS aerial - through cockpit. Plane lands (2 shots).
Keywords
Aviation; Communications
Locations
Stansted; Hurn
Card file number
85523
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Norman Fisher
Length of story (in feet)
111
Story extras:
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