Crash Landing

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1547
Date Released
26 Jan 1959
Date submitted
22 Jan 1959
Stories in this Issue:

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 8
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Plane Crash Landing. DESCRIPTION: A Super-Constellation made a crash landing on an air field near Kansas City. Twenty-eight passengers and a full crew were aboard. But all was well and after a perfect landing passengers could breathe again! SHOTLIST: Key scene - title. MS plane coming in low. Elevated shot - plane flying. MS fire engine spreading foam on runway. MS to LS pan plane belly lands on runway. BS plane on runway. MS onlookers - pan to plane.
Keywords
Aviation; Safety devices; Accidents and disasters
Locations
United States of America
Footage sources
United States of America
Card file number
76128
Credits:
Commentator
Jeffrey K. Shearley
Length of story (in feet)
59
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Crash Landing', British Movietone News Issue No. 1547, 26 Jan 1959. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/22832 (Accessed 22 Jun 2025)