Air Anniversary

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2099A
Date Released
28 Aug 1969
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Edinburgh
  2. 2World in Stamps
  3. 3Windsor Safari
  4. 4Air Anniversary

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Air Anniversary. DESCRIPTION: The Fiftieth Anniversary of International Civil Aviation is celebrated by a sentimental journey to Paris. A party of pilots from those pioneering days of half a century ago, fly BEA over the route which Captain Bill Lawford blazed when he flew the first passenger-carrying flight between the two cities. SHOTLIST: MCU pan Trident taking off. MCU BEA bus entering Heathrow tunnel zoom out. MS bus arriving at air terminal. GV passengers in corridor. CU suitcases on trolley zoom out. SV BEA lorry. MS suitcases on conveyor going onto plane. CU hand baggage being carried down coach steps. MS woman & 2 children leaving coach. MCU man’s bag being carried onto plane. MCU plane’s hold being shut. LAS steps moving away from plane. MCU men pushing steps. MCU Trident taking off. MS hostess boarding plane pan to Trident’s jet engine. GV plane being loaded & prepared for take off. MS executive express coach. CU suitcase on conveyor entering plane. MCU pioneer car approaching plane. CU air hostess. MS pioneers getting out of car. TS car, pioneers & press. CU Evening Standard pan up to man’s face. MLS Alan Samuels approaching plane. CU Samuels’ bag pan to VG him going up steps. LAS Samuels showing ticket to hostess & boarding plane. MCU pan Trident taking off & going away. GV passengers seated in plane. CU plane’s wing shot from inside. MCU Trident taxiing. MS Samuels leaving plane walking towards camera. GV Paris street scene. LAS Pont de la Concorde sign pan to bridge & Seine. MS Arc de Triomphe. MCU Samuels filming. MLS Samuels filming statue. LAS statue pan down to girl walking past. MLS girl. MCU girls around bookstall pan to Old England shop sign. MLS Samuels filming sign. GV shop, man & woman walk past. MS man entering French st. toilet. 4 shots French magazine covers. LAS pan theatre. MCU Dancing sign pan to wall sign. 2 CU French lover posters. CU man’s facial expression. GV Seine embankment stalls. CU Place de L’Opera street sign. MS girl walking through pigeons towards and past. LAS pan around Place de L’Opera. MS cameraman approaching & filming girl in cafe. MCU girl. MLS cameraman sitting down opposite girl. MCU cameraman & girl talking. LAS Eiffel Tower. GV from lift going up Eiffel Tower. MS cameraman & girl walking & stopping to look at view from Eiffel Tower. CU girl’s face pan left to view Seine from Eiffel Tower.
Keywords
Commemorations; Buildings and structures; Mass media; Entertainment and leisure; Vehicles; Aviation; Shops and shopping; Celebrations and festivals; Cameramen; Newsreels
Locations
France; Paris; London; United Kingdom
Footage sources
Movietone
Card file number
95104
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
324
Story extras:
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