Aviation: Jean Batten sets new record

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

438

Date Released

25 Oct 1937

Date submitted

24 Oct 1937

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Aviation: Jean Batten sets new record
2. 2Reports: The War in China
3. 3Reports: Trafalgar Day
4. 4Reports: Their Majesties Tour concludes
5. 5Reports: The Duke of Kent at Treforest
6. 6Reports: Queen Mary at Deptford
7. 7Reports: Dog auction
8. 8Reports: Burma oil blaze
9. 9Parliament
10. 10Traffic: Described by Sir Malcolm Campbell
11. 11Sports: Reported by Alan Howland: Wrestling matters - Londos and Pencheff arrive and Los Angeles wrestling

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 11

Section Title

Aviation

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Jean Batten Sets New Record. SHOTLIST: Jean is carried from her plane at Lympne, after brief halt, off to Croydon. Lands at Croydon, greeted by mother and High Commissioner for New Zealand. She speaks, and is then shouldered through crowds. Various shots of the plane in flight and landing at Croydon. Shot of the clock on the aerodrome.

Keywords

Politics and government; Women; Aviation; Speed records

Footage sources

Local

Card file number

5792

Credits:

Commentator

Ivan Scott

Length of story (in feet)

71

Story extras:

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