Crash Landing

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1445A
Date Released
14 Feb 1957
Date submitted
11 Feb 1957
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Plane Crash Landing. DESCRIPTION: With a landing wheel jammed, a plane circled over Atlanta, using up its petrol. A fire truck had spread foam on the runway to minimise the friction of a crash landing. The pilot brought her down - a beautiful one point landing and, happily, no crack up, no fire, nobody hurt. SHOTLIST: Various shots of plane flying over Atlanta with only 1 wheel out. MCU fire truck. Panning shot as plane comes into land on the runway and lands OK. MCU crashed plane.
Keywords
Aviation; Accidents and disasters
Locations
United States of America; Atlanta; Georgia
Footage sources
United States of America
Card file number
69754
Credits:
Commentator
Jeffrey K. Shearley
Length of story (in feet)
56
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Crash Landing', British Movietone News Issue No. 1445A, 14 Feb 1957. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/21499 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)