High, Wide and Silent

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1879

Date Released

7 Jun 1965

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: High, Wide and Silent. DESCRIPTION: Pictures show the Gliding Championships held at South Cerney in Gloucestershire. During the two weeks of the championships, every day will present a new challenge and probably the UK distance and height records will be broken. SHOTLIST: MLS men polishing wings of glider. CU American flag on tail of plane. MS men working on Czech glider No 91. MS men fixing tail wing on No 91. LS glider No 2 being towed out. MLS ditto. MS pilot getting into cockpit (Paddy Kearon - Ireland No 35). MS canopy being put onto No 35. MCU Leonardo Brigliadori sitting in cockpit. MS canopy being fixed. LS glider taking off. LS pan glider No 61, Yugoslavia taking off. LS pan glider No 81 taking off. CU pilot’s hand on controls. GV aerial shot of airfield. LS from glider towards towing plane. LAS No 6 in air. CU inside cockpit. LS towing plane. TS glider in air.

Keywords

Aviation; Competitions

Locations

Gloucestershire; South Cerney

Card file number

89761

Credits:

Commentator: Macdonald Hobley
Camera: Ronald E. Collins

Length of story (in feet)

179

Story extras:

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