Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Plane Without Pilot Flies Atlantic

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
956
Date Released
29 Sep 1947
Date submitted
26 Sep 1947
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 5
Section Title
Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Pilot-Less Plane in England. DESCRIPTION: A plane recently flew the Atlantic piloted by a robot brain. SHOTLIST: KS GV of pilotless plane in hangar. Various close up shots of the brain shows intricate mechanism, equipment etc. CU visual dial. MS group of crew. SCU Colonel Gillespie speaking about trip, saying that except for pressing one button, not another instrument of any kind was touched. Amongst the group is the inventor James Anast. Several shots of RAF planes inside hangar. Various shots of pilotless plane.
Keywords
Aviation
Locations
Wiltshire; Hullavington
Card file number
49214
Credits:
Camera
Hilton Craig
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Camera
Paul Wyand
Length of story (in feet)
99
Story extras:

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'Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Plane Without Pilot Flies Atlantic', British Movietone News Issue No. 956, 29 Sep 1947. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/14686 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)