The Jumbo Era

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2119A
Date Released
15 Jan 1970
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Biafra
  2. 2Rugby - Scotland V. France
  3. 3News Scene: The Daily Mail and the British Racing and Sports Car Club Invite You to the Specialist Sports Car Show in London. A Host of Mouth Watering Machinery and Bolt on Goodies. Firmly Established in Europe, Drag Racing is Also Popular in South Africa ...
  4. 4The Jumbo Era

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Jumbo Era - Colour Story. DESCRIPTION: Clipper Constellation, the first Transatlantic Jumbo Jet touches down at London Airport. Twice as heavy as a 707 the Jumbo presents many problems in passengers handlingWe look at London Airport’s new thirteen million pound terminal and see how they intend to cope with two thousand passengers an hour, and we fly for the first time in a three hundred and fifty ton airliner. SHOTLIST: GV Boeing 747 taxiing on runway at LA. MS ditto. MCU nose end of Jumbo. MS front view of Jumbo taxiing. LAS pan up towing equipment. MS ditto. GV pan trolleys for carrying luggage, and Jumbo taxiing. LS ditto. MS pan from luggage carrying equipment to Jumbo. Nose of Jumbo. GV Jumbo and ditto being unloaded. GV passengers and reception at LA. 2 LAS pan underside of Jumbo and luggage containers being unloaded. Series of shots of ditto. MS containers being towed away. MCU Captain Tranter & his crew. MS ditto walk across the runway. Zoom in engine on Jumbo. Medium shots pan engine in workshop, engine ticking over, view from plane of engines. 3 shots interior of Jumbo. 2 MS food being prepared in the galley & licensed bar. GV pan cockpit. CU Captain Trainer. MS crew in cockpit. A to G as Jumbo takes off. MS crew in cockpit. GV pan lounge. MCU man looks out of window. GV view from plane window. G to A LS Jumbo landing. A to G ditto. GV pan Jumbo along runway.
Keywords
Aviation; Industry and manufacture
Locations
United Kingdom; London Heathrow Airport
Card file number
95522
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
263
Story extras:
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