Endurance Flight

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1038
Date Released
25 Apr 1949
Date submitted
21 Apr 1949
Stories in this Issue:

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Endurance Flight. DESCRIPTION: At Fullerton, California, two Americans smash the World’s endurance flight record. SHOTLIST: KS MS small plane in flight. Flying low over aerodrome. Crowds look up at plane. Motor car at speed, hands can of petrol to pilot of plane which is flying just above car. They shake hands & shots of plane gaining height. Cut-in wives of two in plane - Bill Barris and Dick Riedel - wave at plane. Aerial shot of plane flying over Fullerton.
Keywords
Aviation; Records
Locations
California; Fullerton
Footage sources
United States of America
Card file number
51827
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
83
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Endurance Flight', British Movietone News Issue No. 1038, 25 Apr 1949. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/15692 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)