Aviation: Observations by Ivan Scott: The King’s Cup Air Race

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

432

Date Released

13 Sep 1937

Date submitted

10 Sep 1937

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1War
2. 2Reports: Their Majesties at Braemar
3. 3Reports: Gondola time in Venice
4. 4Reports: High wind in Florida
5. 5Cricket
6. 6Aviation: Observations by Ivan Scott: Mercury in flight
7. 7Aviation: Observations by Ivan Scott: The King’s Cup Air Race
8. 8Cockneys

Story

Story No. within this Issue

7 / 8

Section Title

Aviation: Observations by Ivan Scott

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The King’s Cup Air Race. SHOTLIST: Shots of the planes lined up. Take off. Shot of the ‘Comet’ flown by Waller taking off. Miles-Whitney-Straight taking off. Elevated shot of part of the promenade and sea at Scarborough. Shot of crashed plane alongside the house. Shot of first arrival - Captain Percival - at Dublin. Plane landing. Shots of the landing and close shots of woman competitor Miss Dillon. Shot of the winning plane coming in at Hatfield. Charles Gardner flies this. Close shot of the plane. Close shots of Gardner being presented with the cup by Lord Swinton.

Keywords

Politics and government; Women; Aviation; Competitions; Accidents and disasters

Locations

Hatfield

Footage sources

Local

Card file number

5675

Credits:

Commentator

Ivan Scott

Length of story (in feet)

50

Story extras:

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