Viscount 25th Anniversary

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2426

Date Released

30 Nov 1975

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Viscount 25th Anniversary. DESCRIPTION: 25 years ago when the Viscount made its first scheduled flight from London’s Northolt to Paris, it was a revolutionary turbo-prop plane. A special flight commemorates the years of sterling service the aircraft has given all over the world, and amongst the passengers was Sir Frank Whittle. SHOTLIST: GV Viscount on tarmac. CU sign "Viscount Silver Jubilee Flight". CU propeller. Library material B/W - CU cockpit of Viscount on first service to Paris from Northolt. BV people boarding. SU people watching. SU plane taxiing. SU people watching and waving. LV pan Viscount takes off. CU Viscount Silver Jubilee glasses with Viscount in b/g. CU Sir George Edwards. SV Sir George being presented with glass. CU Sir Peter Masefield. SU people walking toward plane. BV people and VIPs boarding. LV zoom in Sir Frank Whittle about to enter plane. CU propellers turning over. LV plane on tarmac. SV batman. FV plane taking off through heat haze.

Keywords

Commemorations; Aviation; Celebrations and festivals; Ceremonies; Inventions and discoveries

Locations

Northolt

Footage sources

Library

Card file number

75/290

Credits:

Camera: Denis White
Commentator: Leonard Martin
Camera: Norman Fisher

Length of story (in feet)

141

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