Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Berlin Air Lift Plumber Flight

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1019A
Date Released
16 Dec 1948
Date submitted
13 Dec 1948
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 5
Section Title
Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Berlin Air Lift Plumber Flight. DESCRIPTION: At Honington, Suffolk, work going on inside RAF Station shows planes on the Berlin Air Lift being serviced, instruments repaired, wheels tested and replaced. SHOTLIST: KS MS control room interior. Interior ditto. WAAF writes on about various repairs to planes. Various shots of plane engines being repaired. WAAF Dorothy Monk repairing one engine. Instruments, compasses etc. being repaired by technicians. Tyres taken of rims and replaced. Night material - tyres, engines etc. being loaded onto a Dakota plane, several shots. Dakotas engines turn over. Dakota taxies to finish.
Keywords
Aviation; Military
Locations
Suffolk; Honington
Card file number
51208
Credits:
Camera
David W. Samuelson
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Length of story (in feet)
135
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Berlin Air Lift Plumber Flight', British Movietone News Issue No. 1019A, 16 Dec 1948. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/15480 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)