Gliding Champs

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1563
Date Released
18 May 1959
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 7
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Gliding Champs. DESCRIPTION: The National Gliding Championships took place at Lasham Aerodrome in Hampshire. Commander Goodhart, RN, seen here talking with two of the Beverley Sisters, later took off in a new French glider with a Butterfly tail, and then, in a Skylark, set a new British distance record: 385 miles to Scotland. David Ince - here doing heart-in-the-mouth aerobatics in an Olympia, finished up in Country Durham. SHOTLIST: MS glider (key). MS glider wing being carried. Closer - same being fixed to machine. Another same. Competitor polishing cockpit. BS French glider taking off. Same - gliding same. Commander N Goodhart RN, giving finishing touches to glider. Same in cockpit talking to two Beverley Sisters. BS French gilder moving down runway. SS same. Air to air - same with David Ince in ‘Olympia’. Another same. David Ince in glider loops the loop. Goodhart’s glider coming in.
Keywords
Entertainment and leisure; Aviation; Competitions; Records; Stunts; Performing arts; Military; Exhibitions and shows
Locations
England
Card file number
77134
Credits:
Camera
David W. Samuelson
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
89
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Gliding Champs', British Movietone News Issue No. 1563, 18 May 1959. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/23021 (Accessed 08 Feb 2025)