Amy Johnson at Stag Lane before her Great Flight

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

50A

Date Released

22 May 1930

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1RAF Physical Training Rehearsal at Uxbridge
2. 2Lord Derby Explains
3. 3Eclipse of the Sun
4. 4Mitchell-Diegel Golf Duel
5. 5Shamrock V’s First Win
6. 6Forest Fires in USA
7. 7Amy Johnson at Stag Lane before her Great Flight

Story

Story No. within this Issue

7 / 7

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Amy Johnson at Stag Lane before her Great Flight. DESCRIPTION: Before her solo Australian flight which has caught the world’s imagination. SHOTLIST: Amy Johnson in flying suit walks to plane. She talks to the mechanic. Climbing onto plane. She swings the propeller. Enters the plane. Taxies across the aerodrome. In the air. Towards camera. Into camera.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Women; Aviation

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Movietone

Card file number

695

Length of story (in feet)

90

Story extras:

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