Hang Gliding

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2463

Date Released

15 Aug 1976

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Hang Gliding. DESCRIPTION: Perhaps the nearest man gets to the sense of flying like a bird is in the sport of Hang Gliding. For the first time in the history of man-made flight, the flyer’s body controls lift, descent and direction. SHOTLIST: GV hang glider on hill. MS gliders on ground. MCU hang glider on ground with people walking round. MCU sign on hang glider "Look Down on your Friends try Hang Gliding". MCU framework underneath the hang glider. Track round. MS woman flying a kite. MLS kite doing aerobatics. MS posters for the film "Sky Rider". MCU sign on hang glider "Sky Rider" The High Action Film. MS from behind man watching a hang glider descending. MLS fixed wing hang glider going down. MS two people on a hang glider coming down towards camera. Pan with them. They land at 312’. MS another single hang glider coming down. Pan with him. MS man taking off. Pan with him. MCU little girl in crowd with binoculars. LS hang glider going down. MS camera crew filming. MLS man on hang glider coming down. MS man coming in to land, he touches down at 389’, pull back. MS man taking off. He gets caught up and ends up doing a dive into side of hill. MLS area where hang gliders have to land. MS the band of the 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment playing and marching.

Keywords

Mass media; Music and dance; Entertainment and leisure; Ceremonies; Military

Locations

Yorkshire

Card file number

76/100

Credits:

Commentator: Leonard Martin

Length of story (in feet)

188

Story extras:

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