R101

Series

Series Name
Empire News Bulletin

Issue

Issue No.
373
Date Released
25 Nov 1929
Length of issue (in feet)
491
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Fat Stock Show
  2. 2Lifeboat
  3. 3Hunting in Holland
  4. 4Safety in the Air
  5. 5River Arran
  6. 6Poultry Show
  7. 7R101

Story

Story No. within this Issue
7 / 7
Summary
NFTVA Silent News Films (1965): "Parliament goes up, but not as Guy Fawkes intended! Nearly 100 MPs arrive at Cardington, for a trip in HM Airship R101". (8 feet) Medium close shots of groups of MPs. (14 feet) "Bad weather makes the trip inadvisable, so the MPs inspect the airship and take luncheon aboard." (24 feet) Close-up of Lady Megan Lloyd George and others unidentified. (30 feet) Medium close shot of R101 moored to the tower. (44 feet) Medium close shot of MPs. (49 feet) Entering the lift. (56 feet) The lift moving up the tower. (60 feet) Long shot of MPs entering the airship from the top of the tower. (68 feet) Long shot of the whole of the airship. (74 feet)
Keywords
Politics and government; Aviation
Length of story (in feet)
56

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Film Archive

Name
Reuters Archive Licensing: Screen Ocean
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Phone
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Address
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Notes
British Pathe Ltd (qv) also handles the Reuters Historical Collection, which includes the British Paramount, Empire British, Gaumont Graphic and Gaumont British newsreels.
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