Air Fair

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2347

Date Released

27 May 1974

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Air Fair
2. 2Power Boat Racing
3. 3News in Colour: Giant Flowers
4. 4News in Colour: Flower Show

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Biggin Hill Air Fair. DESCRIPTION: The war time fighter base at Biggin Hill is the setting for the International Air Fair. Planes old and new from all over the world, plus the special treat of bikini clad parachutists. SHOTLIST: SCU hot air balloon zoom out to LV. SV girl on wings of plane driven by Robin Voice and his wife Philomena, Tiger Moth. GV small planes on ground pan SV man fixing propeller on ‘screwball’ small plane. SV man polishing his plane ‘Ballerina’. LV Sopwith Camel on ground. LV old plane on ground. SV man polishing propeller. SV man checking oil of plane with dip stick. SV small plane on ground. SV Spitfire on the ground. SV ‘Black Knight’ jet on ground. SV pilot of Black Knight checking his plane. LV pan a do-it-yourself plane home built flying past. LV pan 3 DIY planes flying past. SV crowd. LV jet in flight USA. SV pan Swordfish flying past. LV Spitfire flying past low over airfield pan LV pan Black Knight flying low over airfield. SV Lancaster flying past pan. SV pan Italian team fly past with smoke steaming from their tails. SV pan at great speed one of Italian teams fly past. SV crowd man with camera. GV pan one of Italian team fly past at speed, the rest fly past in formation. SV boy with glasses. LV girls parachuting down, Embassy sky dives. SV pan one girl landing. SV girl parachuting down, hits ground. SV girl landing taking off chutes and helmets and running to meet each other, they are wearing bikinis. SV parachute team waving. SCU man with camera. SV pan girls parachute team. MUTE COLOUR VERSION - TAPE 311 IN: 02:05:28:00 OUT: 02:09:37:00

Keywords

Entertainment and leisure; Displays; Women; Weapons; Aviation; Stunts; Fashion and costume; Military; Exhibitions and shows

Locations

Biggin Hill

Card file number

99958

Credits:

Commentator

Leonard Martin

Camera

Stan Goozee

Length of story (in feet)

213

Story extras:

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