Reports: French flight over North Africa

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

444A

Date Released

9 Dec 1937

Date submitted

7 Dec 1937

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Reports: Landslide in California
2. 2Reports: Too many pigeons
3. 3Reports: Typhoid enquiry opens
4. 4Reports: America starts its Christmas Parade
5. 5Reports: French flight over North Africa
6. 6Names and News: M Delbos
7. 7Names and News: Von Mackensen
8. 8Names and News: Prince Charles
9. 9Names and News: Lady Anne Cavendish-Bentinck
10. 10Sports: Reported by Alan Howland: Varsity Rugby Match
11. 11Sports: Reported by Alan Howland: New Australian Tennis Champion
12. 12Aviation: Observations by Ivan Scott: Centaurus off to New Zealand
13. 13Aviation: Observations by Ivan Scott: Caledonia’s five tons of Christmas Mail
14. 14Judo

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 14

Section Title

Reports

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: French Flight Over North Africa. SHOTLIST: Formation shots in the air of the flight over the Sahara, Atlas mountains etc. Close shot of propeller of plane past camera. Street scenes and natives of Port on River Niger, Goa. Close shot of native woman and child. Shots of the natives. Outside mud houses.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Environment; Aviation; Military

Footage sources

Paris

Card file number

5893A

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

27

Story extras:

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