News in Colour: Hang Gliding Championships

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2355
Date Released
22 Jul 1974
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Tower Bomb Blast
  2. 2President Makarios Arrives
  3. 3Bastille Day Parade
  4. 4News in Colour: Hang Gliding Championships

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 4
Section Title
News in Colour
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Hang Gliding Colour. DESCRIPTION: Steyning is the venue for the first National Hang Gliding Championships. This is a growing sport which involves hanging from a kite and gliding to the valley below. SHOTLIST: GV preparation of hang gliders. SCU hang glider. SV zoom out man preparing hang glider. SV man preparing glider. SV pan hang glider set up on side of hill. SV boy playing with toy glider. SV gliders on hillside. SCU wind instrument, zoom out to man using. LV man launching himself in hang glider. SV pan man in flight lands. SV man in glider waiting to take off. SV man taking off comes down with a bump. SV man preparing for take off. SBV pan man in flight. SV 2 spectators low angle shot man in flight crashes. LV man in flight lands & is still standing. LV pan man in flight. SCU lady with camera. LV man in flight (went off course) lands on stomach. SBV 2 man glider taking off. SV ditto crashes. SV man preparing for take off. LV ditto crashes. SV 2 spectators. STV man in flight with smoke flare. SV spectators. SV man in flight lands.
Keywords
Entertainment and leisure; Aviation; Competitions; Accidents and disasters
Locations
Sussex; Steyning
Card file number
74/60
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Reginald William Smith
Length of story (in feet)
246
Story extras:

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