AAr Skyjacking

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2154

Date Released

14 Sep 1970

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Story No. within this Issue

1 / 7

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: AAr Skyjacking. DESCRIPTION: Eight and three quarter million pounds worth of Jumbo Jet, blown up by Guerillas at Cairo Airport starts the latest, most serious, wave of Skyjacking, in which hundreds of lives are held to ransom by a group of terrorists who threaten to disrupt the whole system of international communications. SHOTLIST: GV pan wreckage of Boeing 747 after being blown up at Cairo Airport. CU pan ditto, LV pan wreckage. CU articles of clothing in wreckage. LV tail of Pan Am 747. GV pan into. Cairo Departure Lounge with stricken passengers. SV ditto. LV passengers walk towards their aircraft. CU pan injured girl in wheelchair. GV passengers approach plane. SV ditto await to board plane.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Aviation; Terrorism; Crime

Locations

Cairo

Footage sources

France

Card file number

96338

Credits:

Commentator: Leslie Mitchell

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