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Renfrew Runways

Series

Series Name
Home and Away

Issue

Issue No.
12
Date Released
1957
Length of issue (in feet)
510
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1CAlling All Lorries
  2. 2Right in the Picture
  3. 3Pretty and Plane
  4. 4Renfrew Runways

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 4
Summary
BFI synopsis: A look at Renfrew Airport, opening with shots of a British European Airways plane landing. The aircraft control tower, ground staff and passengers disembarking are also shown. There are shots of the airport lounge and check-in desk. The crew is briefed for the return flight, and an aircraft is prepared for take-off, with scenes in the control tower and passengers embarking. The film ends with the plane taking off.
Keywords
Aviation; Aircraft
Written sources
British Film Institute Databases   Used for synopsis
Scottish Screen Archive database   Ref.1522
Credits:
Sponsor
Babcock and Wilcox, Ltd.
Producer
Cyril Randell
Director
Peter Ward
Editor
Robert Morgan
Production Co.
Technical & Scientific Films Ltd.

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Film Archive

Name
British Film Institute (BFI)
Email
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Web
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Phone
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Fax
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Address
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Notes
The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).
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