Between the Towers

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2084

Date Released

12 May 1969

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Between the Towers

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Story No. within this Issue

1 / 1

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Between the Towers. DESCRIPTION: It was probably one of the most inspired events ever devised - the Daily Mail Transatlantic Air Race between London’s Post Office Tower and the Empire State Building in New York. This special Movietone edition features a survey of the International entry, competing for 21 prizes amounted to £60,000. From Tina the Chimp to the record breaking Jet Pilots of the Navy and RAF, from Executive Jet businessmen to Balloonists and Solo Flyers, the race presented a cross-section of personal and team endeavour that’s never been seen on such a scale before. With the added attraction of the QEII’s Maiden Voyage to New York, this tremendous week was certainly an outstanding Prestige occasion for Britain, at a time when prestige is notably absent. The achievement of Alcock and Brown, the first to cross the Atlantic non-stop, has been commemorated, on this fiftieth anniversary, in a way those pioneer aviators could never have dreamed of! SHOTLIST: LS zoom in GPO Tower. GV pan New York street. LAS Alcock & Brown statue. MS Anne Alcock starts from GPO Tower control point. Pan GPO Tower, Anne Alcock out of Tower and into car. MCU Stirling Moss starts from Tower, out of Tower and onto motor bike. CU sign Daily Mail Air Race. MS Sheila Scott out of Tower and into car. Climbs onto wing of light aircraft and into cabin. MS pan aircraft taxiing. MS sign ‘Underground’. Mary Rand runs towards tube station. Pan from sign ‘Warren Street Tube Station’ to entrance. Mary Rand down escalator and into train. MS Mary Rand off tube into car and away. CU Big Ben (8.30). LS Monty Modlyn arrives in rubber dinghy on River Thames. Modlyn and Rand take off in helicopter. (NB previous shot - Modlyn falls flat into Thames mud). CU statue Lord Byron. Lt Commander Boakes sleeping. MS RAF Victor team competitor runs. Victor takes off. GV New York. TS along NY freeway. GV Empire State Building. Victor competitor enters and clocks in at ESB. Stirling Moss enters and clocks in at ESB. MS Stirling Moss and Flying Officer Fuller shake hands. Pan ESB. American contestant leaves in a veteran car. MS American contestant leaps onto motor bike and away. American contestant leaps into car and away. Air to air BOAC VC10 in flight. MS Bowler-hatted businessmen enter ESB. MS Mary Rand and others clock in at ESB. MS 2 Dutch contestants. MCU Mary Rand. MLS helicopter lands. Commander B Martin who gets on a motor bike blindfolded. Martin enters GPO Tower. CU Martin removes blindfold. LS Harrier takes off from St. Pancras coal yard. GV New York. LS Harrier lands in New York. GV ESB. LS helicopter hovering. LS Navy Phantom lands and tyres burst (in flames). Lt P Waterhouse transfers to helicopter. Waterhouse runs into GPO Tower. Waterhouse clocks in GPO Tower. MS Clement Freud arrives at London Airport. MS 10yr. old Dominic Faulder. MS Freud and Faulder board plane. GV plane taxiing. GV Harrier and ESB. LS Harrier takes off. QEII ARRIVAL IN NEW YORK. Pan tugs to QE2 arriving in New York. Air to ground QE2 enters New York. LS fire float. LS QE2 enters New York. Aerial same. Back to transatlantic Air Race. CU Tina the Chimp at ESB. MS Christine Turnbull climbs into balloon. GV balloon takes off. Pan Neville Samuelson takes off in a Spitfire. Sheila Scott arrives at ESB. CU Sheila Scott arriving at ESB. LAS BAC 111 takes off. GV Concorde 002 landing. End.

Keywords

Commemorations; Sport; Buildings and structures; Mass media; Ships and boats; Vehicles; Children; Curiosities; Competitions; Railways; Transport; Celebrations and festivals; Newspapers; Air force; Navy; Animals; Military; Writers

Locations

London; New York; United States of America; United Kingdom

Card file number

94721

Credits:

Camera

Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw

Camera

John Mould

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Camera

Louis Morrison

Length of story (in feet)

554

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