News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: Mercury Just Fails in Record Attempt

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
488
Date Released
10 Oct 1938
Date submitted
7 Oct 1938
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: British Legion Police for Czechoslovakia
  2. 2News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: General Gamelin at Strasbourg
  3. 3News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: Sir Harold MacMichael Home
  4. 4News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: Iraq Foreign Minister in London
  5. 5News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: London’s Balloon Barrage
  6. 6News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: Mercury Just Fails in Record Attempt
  7. 7News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: Prunella Stack and Wedding Gift
  8. 8News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: Henry Cotton Beats Three Lady Golfers
  9. 9News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: Golf Practice in Australia
  10. 10News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: Attleborough Turkey Market
  11. 11News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: Lew Lehr on a Trip to Paris

Story

Story No. within this Issue
6 / 11
Section Title
News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Mayo Plane Leaves for Capetown. SHOTLIST: Captains Wilcoxon and Bennett go to the composite plane by launch. Then the plane takes off and Mercury starts on her record breaking attempt to fly to Capetown non-stop. Tay Bridge in background.
Keywords
Buildings and structures; Vehicles; Aviation
Locations
Dundee
Footage sources
Great Britain
Card file number
34543
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
57
Story extras:
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