Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Round the World in 73 Hours
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- 1 / 6
- Section Title
- Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Solo Round the World Flight. DESCRIPTION: American, Captain Odom, sets a new record for flying round the world solo. SHOTLIST: KS Captain Odom says goodbye to his wife, kissing her. SV Mitchell plane takes off from Chicago. Standing in cockpit of his plane. In flight. Night shot plane taxiing across Orly Airfield, Paris. CU Odom acknowledging small crowd. SCU medal in Odom’s lapel. Shot of plane re-fuelling. Plane takes off. LS plane coming into land. Tokyo - MS Odom asleep on wing (2 shots). SCU globe map showing route taken, by means of pointer. Crowds round Odom at Chicago Airfield, Odom with his wife.
- Keywords
- Aviation; Records
- Locations
- Chicago
- Footage sources
- United States of America
- Card file number
- 49006
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Lionel James Gamlin
- Length of story (in feet)
- 101
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How to cite this record
'Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Round the World in 73 Hours', British Movietone News Issue No. 950, 18 Aug 1947. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/14597 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)