Girls on Target

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2019

Date Released

12 Feb 1968

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Girls on Target Rifle Championships - First Woman Passenger Pilot. DESCRIPTION: WRAF girls get their eye in for the Inter-Services Rifle championships, while another Air Girl, Gillian Cazalet, has her sights set on the world’s air routes. She’s Britain’s first woman airliner pilot qualified to fly the big jets. SHOTLIST: GV women take position on rifle range. CU Flight Officer Clinton taking aim. CU WO Yorath taking aim. CU SACW Stewart firing. CU target. CU SASW Allen firing. Pan mascot of Flight Officer Clinton. GV rifle range. CU pan girl looking at target. CU target. CU Gillian Cazalet. MS Skyways 748 Turbo-jet at Lydd Airport in Kent. BS Gillian gets into cockpit of aircraft. MS ditto. MS passengers board aircraft. CU control panel. MCU Gillian checks controls. BS ditto. MS & MCU ditto. CU propeller turning. GV pan 748 aircraft takes off. Good take off.

Keywords

Sport; Women; Shooting; Aviation; Air force; Military

Locations

England; Uxbridge; Middlesex; Lydd

Card file number

93230

Credits:

Camera: John Mould
Commentator: Leslie Mitchell
Camera: Ronald E. Collins

Length of story (in feet)

123

Story extras:

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