Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Holiday Run-About of the Air

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
896
Date Released
5 Aug 1946
Date submitted
1 Aug 1946
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 6
Section Title
Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Picnic By Plane. DESCRIPTION: In America a small seaplane is used to find an away from it all picnic spot. SHOTLIST: GV seaplane in water, dog being taken from same. Loading plane with picnic basket etc. Plane wheeled into water, taxies, takes off and in flight. Lands on water near beach, approaches same into camera. Owner & wife presumably alight, seated on beach eating from picnic basket, drinking etc. Wife runs along wing of seaplane and dives into water, shot of her in water. GV of owner & wife seated on wing.
Keywords
Aviation
Locations
Lake Erie
Footage sources
USM?
Card file number
47285
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
89
Story extras:

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'Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Holiday Run-About of the Air', British Movietone News Issue No. 896, 5 Aug 1946. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/13969 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)