News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: Captain Balfour Flies a "Spitfire"

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
482
Date Released
29 Aug 1938
Date submitted
27 Aug 1938
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: President Roosevelt in Canada
  2. 2News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: Two Canadian Boys Join the RAF
  3. 3News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: Captain Balfour Flies a "Spitfire"
  4. 4News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: Mr Hore Belisha Sees "Queen Bee"
  5. 5News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: 1880 Train Runs Again to Cambridge
  6. 6News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: Seeing Double at US Twin Show
  7. 7News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: Shooting the Colorado Rapids
  8. 8News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: Girls Hay Making
  9. 9News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: Evenings in the Barn after Hay-making
  10. 10News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: Highland Games and Massed Pipers
  11. 11News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: Thrills of the JCC "200" at Brooklands
  12. 12News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: Captain Eyston Does 345 mph
  13. 13News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: Richard Tauber Arrives in Australia

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 13
Section Title
News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Captain Balfour Flies the "Spitfire". SHOTLIST: Captain Balfour, who is the Under-Secretary Of State For Air, dons requisite apparel, enters the plane and flies away. Spitfire takes off.
Keywords
Politics and government; Aviation; Military
Locations
Duxford
Footage sources
Local
Card file number
34192
Credits:
Commentator
Alan Howland
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
31
Story extras:
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