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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