Riding the Thermals

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1773A
Date Released
30 May 1963
Date submitted
25 May 1963
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Riding the Thermals. DESCRIPTION: Lasham Aerodrome, Hampshire, where the National Championships have been taking place. The event was opened by Prince Philip who tried out a dual-control glider. As the competitors get airborne they drop their tow-ropes and seek out those warm bubbles of air which carry them upwards - the Thermals, on which the glider depends for lift. SHOTLIST: Key scene. AS plane on ground. Men pushing gliders (2 shots). Prince Philip meets people and gets into glider (3 shots). GV crowd. GV glider takes off. MS crowd. GV glider in the air. GV glider takes off. GV another glider in the air (2 shots). CU pilot. CU controls. GV ground from inside glider. CU controls. AS gliders in flight (2 shots). Glider lands (2 shots). The British Gliding Association’s National Gliding Championships 1963 was organised by the Lasham Gliding Society and the British Gliding Association, and opened by Prince Philip.
Keywords
Aviation; Competitions; Aircraft
Locations
Hampshire; Lasham Aerodrome
Card file number
86599
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Norman Fisher
Length of story (in feet)
146
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Riding the Thermals', British Movietone News Issue No. 1773A, 30 May 1963. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/25116 (Accessed 08 Feb 2025)