The Sleeping Princesses

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1649A
Date Released
12 Jan 1961
Date submitted
9 Jan 1961
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Sleeping Princesses. DESCRIPTION: Three 140 ton Princess Flying Boats, built just after the war at a cost of some 10 million pounds, are up for sale. For 6 years they’ve been sleeping princesses, wrapped up in their cocoons down on the South Coast. Now, it’s been officially decided that the idea of flying the 85-passenger luxury craft must be abandoned. SHOTLIST: Key scene. LS Princesses flying boat. LS same. MS nose of plane TS same MCU same. MLS wing MS same MS same MS same. MCU tail of plane. MS nose of plane. LS plane. Slip pan MLS flying boat in sea. MS boat (head on). LS boat about to move. LS motor launch pan to flying boat. LS flying boat cruising across sea. LAS boat in flying. LAS same.
Keywords
Aviation
Locations
England
Card file number
81696
Credits:
Commentator
Jeffrey K. Shearley
Camera
John Davies
Length of story (in feet)
89
Story extras:
Film clip

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'The Sleeping Princesses', British Movietone News Issue No. 1649A, 12 Jan 1961. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/23940 (Accessed 08 Feb 2025)