Personalities: Dick Merrill brings off great double across the Atlantic

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

416

Date Released

24 May 1937

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Personalities: Dick Merrill brings off great double across the Atlantic
2. 2Personalities: Dr Eckener at Hindenburg Enquiry
3. 3Personalities: Lord Townshend’s coming of age
4. 4Personalities: Fred Perry and Ellsworth Vines
5. 5Personalities: Gracie Fields at Rochdale
6. 6Fashions: Described by Beryl de Querton
7. 7Coronation: Described by Leslie Mitchell

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 7

Section Title

Personalities

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Dick Merrill Brings Off Great Double Across the Atlantic. SHOTLIST: Plane taking off past camera. Dick Merrill and Jack Lampson [sic] in England. Greeted at Croydon by crowd. Flying back and landing at Floyd Bennett Field in New Jersey. Shots of the two and also being escorted through mobbing crowd by police.

Keywords

Aviation; Records

Footage sources

Movietone

Card file number

5372

Credits:

Commentator

Ivan Scott

Length of story (in feet)

43

Story extras:

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