Swinging City

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2052A
Date Released
3 Oct 1968
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Piggy-Back Plane
  2. 2Swinging City
  3. 3Bunnies in the Bar
  4. 4Le Mans Hat-Trick
  5. 5News in Colour: Christmas - Children’s Festival
  6. 6News in Colour: Christmas Deadline for Cunard’s Queen

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Swinging City. DESCRIPTION: Feature of a Youth Festival at St Paul’s Cathedral - a forty-foot Parachute Jump. SHOTLIST: MS three girls looking upwards. CU man looking up. CU woman ditto. CU child ditto. LAS pan down man descends on parachute jump apparatus at St. Paul’s Cathedral. MCU man is helped out of harness. GV jump apparatus site. LAS sign warning of participation at own risk. MS on top of tower - man jumps off. Swinging shot of surroundings during descent by cameraman. LAS pan down - man lands. MS children watching. MCU paratrooper winding up harness. 2 shots Parachute Pioneer, Bill Knox talking to Paratrooper. CU Bill Knox. LAS pan down - man descends and lands. GV site of parachute tower.
Keywords
Buildings and structures; Entertainment and leisure; Aviation; Stunts; Youth
Locations
London; St Paul’s Cathedral; United Kingdom
Card file number
93972
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Pat Mohan
Length of story (in feet)
77
Story extras:
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