Transatlantic Race

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2082A

Date Released

1 May 1969

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Transatlantic Race. DESCRIPTION: Over four hundred contestants are expected to compete for more than £60,000 in prize money in the Daily Mail Transatlantic Air Race. We meet some of them limbering up. SHOTLIST: GV pan Royal Air Force team & planes for Daily Mail Transatlantic Air Race. MS Hawker Harrier. LAS Squadron Leader Graham Williams in cockpit. LAS nose of Harrier. MLS pan up Harrier takes off. MLS Victor tanker, pan down to front of E-Type Jaguar. MS Graham Williams runs to E-Type. MS ditto enters E-Type. MS E-Type drives off. CU spectator. CU pan up motor bike started. LS RAF competitor climbs onto motor bike. MS ditto moves off. MLS ditto. MS Royal Navy team. MCU Insignia 892 Squadron. 3 shots Phantom Jets take off. Ground to air Phantom Jets with Victor tanker overhead. CU motor bike throttle opened. CU motor-cyclist. MS ditto. Air to ground Phantom on runway. LS Phantom at standstill. MLS competitor climbs out of aircraft. 3 shots competitor runs from aircraft. LAS copter takes off. CU man watching. LAS helicopter lands. 2 shots competitor runs from copter to motor bike. CU Stan Smith (Royal Marines). GV Royal Marines team. MS soldiers with walkie-talkie. 3 shots Navy competitors run from motor bike to copter. LAS copter takes off. CU competitor looks at watch. MS competitor runs to motor bike and drives off. MLS Tina the Chimp being carried onto counter at BOAC Terminal, LAP. MCU Tina. MS ditto. CU & MS ditto. CU Sheila Scott gets into sports car. MS pan car past. CU Sheila. CU steering wheel. CU Sheila. MS pan Sheila gets out of car and runs to copter. Air to ground tarmac. Air to ground River Thames. MS pan Sheila runs from copter to light aircraft. Pan aircraft taxies.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Mass media; Vehicles; Aviation; Competitions; Transport; Communications; Air force; Navy; Animals; Military

Locations

London; United Kingdom; Wittering; Wisley; London Heathrow Airport; Yeovilton

Card file number

94664

Credits:

Camera: Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Camera: John Mould
Commentator: Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

282

Story extras:

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