Mid-African Airport Opened

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1109
Date Released
4 Sep 1950
Date Other
Aug 1950
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Livingstone Airport. DESCRIPTION: The opening of the new International one million pound Airport at Livingstone, Northern Rhodesia, was a big event. The ceremony was performed by Lord Pakenham, Britain’s Minister of Civil Aviation. SHOTLIST: Air view runway (x2). Air view Victoria Falls (x2). GV Victoria Falls. MS Lord Pakenham (later Lord Longford). GV Lord Pakenham inspects Guard of Honour. GV Pakenham making speech. GV flag broken, 2 shots crowds watching. LS plane takes off. LAS crowd in foreground, plane taking off behind. Air view 3 running giraffes. AV 2 shots running animals. AV zebras. AV herds of elephants.
Keywords
Politics and government; Aviation; Ceremonies
Locations
Northern Rhodesia
Footage sources
British Paramount
Card file number
54251
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
107
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Mid-African Airport Opened', British Movietone News Issue No. 1109, 4 Sep 1950. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/16639 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)