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Super Guppy

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2217A
Date Released
2 Dec 1971
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Cross Country
  2. 2Super Guppy
  3. 3Miranda - Fishery Protection
  4. 4Princess Anne at Faslane
  5. 5Barrier Reef Festival

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Super Guppy. DESCRIPTION: The famous Stratocruiser converted to a ‘Super Guppy’ to carry outside aircraft components, for the European Airbus. SHOTLIST: LS Super Guppy coming in to land. MS pan ditto lands on nose wheel, and then to back rim. MS Super Guppy on tarmac people looking. BV ditto of nose through propeller, wings on carrier, ditto pan to people, nose section opening. Slightly closer - nose section. 2 men stand in fuselage section, pan to open nose section. Guppy with nose open. G and close shot wings loaded over camera. Wings being loaded. Open fuselage - people inside. Wings rolling into fuselage, interior shot. Ditto exterior shot. CU of loading gear of wings. MS wing rolling into fuselage interior shot. MS wings almost loaded exterior shot. MS night shot of nose closing. CU nose closing up - slip pan. LS European Airbus fuselage being loaded. MS crew. MS shroud covered fuselage rolling in. MCU European Airbus fuselage, about to enter Guppy. FV Guppy and covered fuselage, pan to open nose section. MLS cine photographer stand. MCU nose closing. CU nose closed. MS nose pan to spinning propeller. LS towards Super Guppy takes off.
Keywords
Aviation
Locations
Manchester; Germany
Footage sources
France
Card file number
97684
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
197
Story extras:

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