Mid-Air Collision

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1831A

Date Released

9 Jul 1964

Date submitted

4 Jul 1964

Date Other

Jun 1964

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Royal Show
2. 2Mid-Air Collision
3. 3Stately Home for a Day
4. 4Matadors Galore
5. 5The City Goes Gay

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Mid-Air Collision. DESCRIPTION: Two US Air Force planes with medical teams aboard set off over the Atlantic to practice parachute rescue in preparation for the Gemini Space Programme. But two miles off Bermuda, their wing tips touched. The planes exploded, and plunged into the sea, killing seventeen. SHOTLIST: Key scene. MLS pan US plane takes off. LAS plane flies overhead. Air to air US plane. CU engines of same. Explosion. LS planes plunge into Atlantic and wreckage floating on water. Air to air scenes of the actual crash - Air Sea Rescue scenes.

Keywords

Aviation; Accidents and disasters; Military

Locations

Bermuda

Footage sources

United States of America

Card file number

88548A

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

56

Story extras:

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