Air Race for Kings Cup

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1098A
Date Released
22 Jun 1950
Date submitted
16 Jun 1950
Stories in this Issue:

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 7
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: King’s Cup Air Race. DESCRIPTION: Thirty-six competitors took part in the Kings Cup Air Race at Wolverhampton, they included Princess Margaret’s Hurricane, flown by Group Captain Peter Townsend. Though greatly handicapped, he failed by only sixty yards to catch Mr Day’s Miles-Hawk Trainer. SHOTLIST: KS. SCU mechanic looking over engine of plane. Elevated GV of planes dotted about aerodrome, also crowds. Cut-in of starter with stop watch, signalling away machine one after the other. "Last of the Many" Hurricane owned by Princess Margaret takes off. Pilot is Group Captain Peter Townsend. CU nose of plane. Elevated shots of plane circling round at speed. Miles Hawk Trainer plane just beat the Hurricane, seen landing. MS Mr Day seated in winning plane. Cup presented to Mr Day. CU champagne poured into Cup.
Keywords
Aviation; Competitions
Locations
Wolverhampton
Card file number
53918
Credits:
Camera
Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Camera
James Humphries
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
125
Story extras:
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'Air Race for Kings Cup', British Movietone News Issue No. 1098A, 22 Jun 1950. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/16484 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)