Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Gliders Turned into Homes
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- British Movietone News
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Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 3 / 5
- Section Title
- Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Gliders to Houses. DESCRIPTION: Wartime gliders are being turned into summer houses, caravans or even temporary homes by a builder at Send in Surrey. SHOTLIST: CUT STORY: GV fuselage of gliders. Several shots of gliders in field. MS glider with permanent partly built houses in background. Several shots of permanent partly built houses. Cut-in Mr Munns, saying a few words about the gliders. Interior of gliders shows men dismantling parts of same; gliders being sawn into parts. Various shots show workmen putting finishing touches to the Glider Summerhouse. Jimmy Sanger pushes one round, rotating on the spot. Interior - woman looks into cupboard inside glider.
- Keywords
- Aviation
- Locations
- Surrey; Send
- Card file number
- 49174
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Lionel James Gamlin
- Camera
- Norman Fisher
- Length of story (in feet)
- 98
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How to cite this record
'Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Gliders Turned into Homes', British Movietone News Issue No. 956, 29 Sep 1947. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/14685 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)