News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: Record Flight Ends in a Bunker

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
508
Date Released
27 Feb 1939
Date submitted
23 Feb 1939
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: Their Majesties in the North
  2. 2News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: The Duchess Abroad HMS Gloucester
  3. 3News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: Admiral Franco
  4. 4News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: Bishop of London on Emigration
  5. 5News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: Youth Takes a Bow
  6. 6News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: The Steel Shelters Being Distributed
  7. 7News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: MPs Entertained by the Army
  8. 8News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: Record Flight Ends in a Bunker
  9. 9News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: Oxford Oarsmen at Henley
  10. 10News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: Boxing - Kane V Cattaneo
  11. 11News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: Trailer: Join the RAF

Story

Story No. within this Issue
8 / 11
Section Title
News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Military ‘Plane Crash. DESCRIPTION: At Mitchell Field, New York the world’s fastest military aircraft crash lands. SHOTLIST: Said to be the fastest military aeroplane in the world, an army plane returning from a record flight crashed into the trees at Mitchell Field. General views of the wreckage.
Keywords
Aviation; Speed records; Accidents and disasters; Military
Footage sources
United States of America
Card file number
35649
Credits:
Commentator
Alan Howland
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
19
Story extras:
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