Aviation: The Mayo Split

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

456

Date Released

28 Feb 1938

Date submitted

22 Feb 1938

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1At Home & Abroad: Floods in California
2. 2At Home & Abroad: Bombay Memorial to King George V
3. 3At Home & Abroad: Shipwreck off Victoria
4. 4Personality Column: Conducted by Leslie Mitchell: Late Mr Lloyd Thomas
5. 5Personality Column: Conducted by Leslie Mitchell: Lord Perth’s visit
6. 6Personality Column: Conducted by Leslie Mitchell: General Franco’s new government
7. 7Personality Column: Conducted by Leslie Mitchell: Prince of Yemen in Paris
8. 8Up in T’North wi Jack Ramsden
9. 9Sports Page: Will dark blues win again?
10. 10Sports Page: French Skiing Championships
11. 11Aviation: The Mayo Split

Story

Story No. within this Issue

11 / 11

Section Title

Aviation

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Short Mayo Composite Plane Splits. DESCRIPTION: The amazing pictures of ‘Double planes’ aerial separation. SHOTLIST: There is a slight haze over Rochester when the Short-Mayo Composite plane takes off. Plane taking off - slow motion shots of the small plane parting from the Mother plane. More than one shot of this action. Shot inside cockpit of "mother" plane.

Keywords

Aviation; Science and technology; Newsreels

Locations

Kent; Rochester

Footage sources

Movietone

Card file number

32678

Credits:

Commentator

Ivan Scott

Length of story (in feet)

160

Story extras:

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