Airship Europa

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2248A

Date Released

6 Jul 1972

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Airship Europa. DESCRIPTION: After its almost disastrous ‘free flight’, when a high wind one night almost completely wrecked the airship. ‘Europa’ takes to the air again and behaves beautifully. SHOTLIST: GV Europa moored in field. CU lights on side of airship pan to tail. SV name Europa N2A on tail fin. SV gondola pan to engine. SV pilot Captain Dick Widdicombe climbs into cabin. SV engine starts up. SV engine, pull back & pan to BV gondola. SV Widdicombe at controls through cabin window. SCU landing wheel starting to move. GV Europa ready to take off being held by men on ground, takes off, pan as it flies away. GAV as Europa flies over airfield. CU Widdicombe turning steering wheel. SCU captain talking into microphone. Shot through window of Europa of countryside. CU control panel. SCU engine through window. BV captain and co-pilot at controls pan to view through side window. GAV Europa flies over town. SCU pilot reflected in mirror. SV along outside of cabin showing engine. GAV as Europa flies over town. LV airship flying over countryside zoom back to GV.

Keywords

Aviation

Locations

Watford; Leavesden

Card file number

98259A

Credits:

Commentator: Leonard Martin

Length of story (in feet)

155

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