Shot to Safety

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2032A

Date Released

16 May 1968

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Olympic Prospects
2. 2Less Noise
3. 3Shot to Safety
4. 4Leeds Win Fantastic Final

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Shot to Safety. DESCRIPTION: A dinner in London, attended by some of the Two thousand pilots whose lives have been saved by Martin-Baker Ejector Seats. SHOTLIST: GV dinner at Hilton Hotel of Ejectees, LS ditto. MS Mr Martin with Mr Bedford look at ejector seat. CU Mr Martin. CU pan ejector seat. MS Test Pilot Joe Lancaster greeted. Pan plane in flight showing ejector seat fired and pilot parachutes to earth. MS Mr and Mrs Benny Lynch greeted. CU ditto. MCU ejector seat. MS Joe Lancaster and Benny Lynch.

Keywords

Aviation; Social events; Safety devices; Military; Inventions and discoveries

Locations

London; England

Footage sources

Martin-Baker

Card file number

93531

Credits:

Camera

Baker [2]

Camera

Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw

Commentator

Leonard Martin

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

86

Story extras:

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