King’s Cup Air Race

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

57

Date Released

7 Jul 1930

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Kingsford Smith Arrives in NY
2. 2An American Wimbledon - Tilden and Mrs Wills Moody the New Champions
3. 3King’s Cup Air Race
4. 4Last Day of Henley Regatta
5. 5Naval Tattoo at Whale Island
6. 6Duke of York at Weymouth

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: King’s Cup Air Race. DESCRIPTION: Nearly 100 machines compete in classic flying event. SHOTLIST: Shots of the planes on the park. Shot of the plane belonging to Prince George and alongside the Prince of Wales’ plane. Winner in the air. Landing. Miss Winifred Brown, the winner seen after landing. She speaks.

Keywords

Women; Aviation; Competitions

Footage sources

Movietone

Card file number

760

Length of story (in feet)

70

Story extras:

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