RAF Troop Carriers over Capetown

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

97

Date Released

13 Apr 1931

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Informal Farewells by the Princes
2. 2Do You Favour West Bromwich Albion
3. 3The Royal Navy Goes on Parade
4. 4Hindenburg Dons His Old Uniform
5. 5RAF Troop Carriers over Capetown
6. 6French Pretender’s Heir Wed in Sicily

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: RAF Troop Carriers Over Cape Town. DESCRIPTION: Flight leaves South Africa on return to base at Cairo after annual training flight. SHOTLIST: Pilot seated in cockpit. Taking off across aerodrome. Flight in air past camera with Table Mountain in the background. Aerial shots of Capetown. Shots of town below and clouds. Shots of clouds and Table Mountain. Aerial.

Keywords

Aviation; Landforms; Military

Footage sources

Movietone

Card file number

1156

Length of story (in feet)

96

Story extras:

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