Wings over Africa

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1792A
Date Released
10 Oct 1963
Date submitted
4 Oct 1963
Date submitted
5 Oct 1963
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Terriers Soldier On
  2. 2Australian Pacific Paradise
  3. 3The Mind Machine
  4. 4Wings over Africa
  5. 5A Nazi Takes a Bride

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Wings Over Africa. DESCRIPTION: Flying in to a small airfield near London, a plane with a promise, the promise of medical care for many thousands of Africans who live in the scattered communities of Northern Nigeria. The African Flying Doctor Service is the first of its kind outside Australia, and this aircraft has been given to replace the original one which was destroyed in a storm, even before it flew its first mission. Both machines have been presented by Oxfam, and at this recent ceremony, a five thousand pound cheque was handed over as well to Dr Neil Duncan who is pioneering the service. SHOTLIST: Key scene. LS plane in flight. MLS pan plane coming in to land. MS same landing. CU illustration of previous plane wrecked in a storm. MCU Dr Neil Duncan receives cheque for Flying Doctor Service. CU cheque. CU map of Northern Nigeria and zoom into Flying Doctor territory. CU Dr Duncan enters plane. GV pan same taxies away. LS pan same takes off. Plane and cheque were given by Oxfam.
Keywords
Health and medicine; Aviation; Social welfare
Locations
Middlesex; Denham; Denham Aerodrome
Card file number
87338
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Samuelson
Length of story (in feet)
110
Story extras:
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