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Series Name: Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue

Issue No.

534

Date Released

27 Aug 1931

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 6

Summary

NoS Summary - Gene Lavock - stunt artist - climbs onto a ladder suspended from a plane.
British Pathe synopsis: Introductory intertitle reads: "Not the kind that small boys stick on the best mirror, but a transfer from Motor-car to Aeroplane - at full speed." M/S of woman standing up in the back of an open topped car. Three men chat to the woman. She waves at the camera. The car drives off with a biplane moving along next to the car. The car drives along with the aircraft following it. The plane has a ladder hanging down behind it. "The hazardous jockeying for position, demands an iron nerve." Camera follows the car and plane as they speed along. "Swinging into open space, the girl climbs the ‘plane." Camera follows the plane, the girl has climbed onto the ladder. The plane flies higher into the air as the girl swings on the ladder below. The plane comes into land with the woman standing on one of the wings. C/U of the pilot shaking hands with the stunt girl. Her sweater bears her name "Gene Lavock". They turn and smile at the camera.

Keywords

Women; Aviation; Stunts

Written sources

Pathe Inventory File Tin No.218
British Pathe Database 1997 Reference No.EP218 Used for synopsis
National Film Archive Catalogue

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