Flashes: Famous sky ride of Chicago Fair meets its doom

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

316

Date Released

24 Jun 1935

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Flashes: Famous sky ride of Chicago Fair meets its doom
2. 2Flashes: Golden voice for automatic ‘phone replies is chosen
3. 3Naval Affairs
4. 4Topics of Today: America is grappling energetically with crime problems
5. 5Sports: Reported by Alan Howland: Kashmir Team scores 11 - 5 polo victory over army side
6. 6Sports: Reported by Alan Howland: Canadian girl swimmer has come to conquer the English Channel
7. 7Sports: Reported by Alan Howland: Unbeaten French horse, Brantome, is beaten in Ascot Gold Cup, the winner is ‘Hyperist’ [sic]

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 7

Section Title

Flashes

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Famous Sky Ride of Chicago Fair Meets Its Doom. SHOTLIST: Shot of the world’s fair being dismantled. Shot of man working on welding. Close shot of men working. Hitting with mallet etc. Shot of dynamite charge fired. Shot of the tower falling. The wreckage on the ground.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Explosions; Engineering

Footage sources

Movietone

Card file number

3741A

Credits:

Commentator

Alan Howland

Length of story (in feet)

50

Story extras:

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