Take to the Air!

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1770

Date Released

6 May 1963

Date submitted

2 May 1963

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Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Take to the Air!. DESCRIPTION: An International Air Travel Fair at Biggin Hill. The purpose behind it is to sell the idea of air-travel to those who have never flown before. Visitors were invited to go aboard and see for themselves that the modern airliner is really just a luxurious, high-speed bus. The heavy losses suffered by airlines is due to the simple fact that not enough people use them. Over 80 per cent of London’s population have never flown. SHOTLIST: Key scene. MS flags. Men look at aircraft (2 shots). GV plane. MS boys - pan to engine, people boarding plane (2 shots). MS same on plane. AS ground. MS girl calling out number (Bingo session). Pan down - man and woman playing bingo. MS people playing same. AS ground. MS people playing bingo. MS girl calling out numbers. MS boy calls ‘house’. This International Air Travel Fair was staged to encourage people to fly.

Keywords

Aviation; Exhibitions and shows

Locations

Kent; Biggin Hill

Card file number

86492

Credits:

Commentator: Leslie Mitchell

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