Learning on ScreenBirdman Rally
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 3 / 3
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Birdman Rally. DESCRIPTION: The third International Birdman Rally at Selsey, won by John Bond, of Westbourne, Emsworth, whilst still making a splash, he was 23 yards short of the prize. SHOTLIST: SV people preparing gliders. SV men under gliders adjusting it. SV sign The Ideal Gas. SV people preparing gliders. SV man strapping himself into glider. SV man preparing, runs towards camera. SV man walks up to glider, gets under it and lifts it up. SV man holding it up. SV crowds on beach at Selsey. SV two men dressed up as angels. SV crowd zoom out LV SV 2 angels jump off top, pan into water. SV ditto being brought onto top of flight path. SV people in boats. SV glider off top, man lets go and falls into water. SV Ideal Gas goes off, the pilot lets go and falls in water. SLV another glider ready for take off, he glides part of the way then into water. SV pan another glider ready for take off, goes off and glides into water, rescue boat alongside. SV glider goes off other side Ideal Gas. SV Ideal Gas glider about to take off, straight into water. SV another ditto. SV small glider takes off, he lets go, he falls into water. SV another glider into water by rescue boat. SV another ditto. SV glider of top, pan into water further distance 27 yards, John Bond.
- Keywords
- Aviation
- Locations
- Selsey Bill
- Card file number
- 99318
- Credits:
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- Camera
- Denis White
- Commentator
- Leonard Martin
- Camera
- Reginald William Smith
- Length of story (in feet)
- 287
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