French Air Defence

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2235
Date Released
3 Apr 1972
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Pope and Palm Sunday
  2. 2Investiture Buckingham Palace
  3. 3French Air Defence
  4. 4Aqua Breeding
  5. 5Colour: Tropical Fish

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: French Air Defence. DESCRIPTION: French Naval Air Power shows its teeth. Aircraft take-off from an aircraft carrier, fly low over the sea and land to avoid radar detection - then destroy the enemy target at sea. SHOTLIST: GAV aircraft carrier at sea. MS plane and crew coming up onto flight deck of carrier on lift. MS batman on flight deck, helicopter hovering in background. MS pan plane takes off from carrier. CU another plane ditto. MS crewman watching planes fly overhead. MS pan another plane takes off. MS radar operators watching screens. CU radar screen. LS 2 planes taxiing along runway. CU interior controls of plane. GV runway 2 planes airborne. Air to air combat formation in flight. Ground to air 3 planes flying in formation. Air to air planes in flight, 2 planes peel off and dive, 3rd plane with camera peels and dives. LS ground to air planes fly low over radar station. LS air to air combat formation flying low over countryside. Low angle shot air to air formation in flight. Aerial shot as planes fly over coastline. CU pilot reflected in mirror. View from inside plane showing rest of formation. Shot from inside plane flying low over sea, showing rest of formation. LS plane flying over sea & firing rocket. LS plane flying low across water at speed. LS plane flying low over water - rocket fired at target on sea and climbs. Air to air combat formation flying over sea. FX shot sky from plane.
Keywords
Aviation; Navy; Military
Locations
France
Footage sources
France
Card file number
98022A
Credits:
Commentator
Leonard Martin
Length of story (in feet)
146
Story extras:
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