Battle Anniversary

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1789A
Date Released
19 Sep 1963
Date submitted
14 Sep 1963
Date submitted
10 Sep 1963
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Battle Anniversary. DESCRIPTION: As usual on Battle of Britain Day, thousands turned up at Biggin Hill. Movietone’s pictures show some of the planes on show at the RAF open day. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV pan fly past of Spitfires. MS crowd. GV pan Hurricane fly past. GV crowds. MS same. GV same. MS Chipmunk. MCU crowd. MLS pan Blackburn Monoplane (1912). MS crowd. MS Blackburn lands. MS same. MCU pilot gets out. CU steering of Blackburn. GV fly past of Vulcans. GV Mosquito takes off. GV fly past 4 Javelins. CU man with binoculars. GV fly past of Sea Vixens. GV pan Wallis Gyroplane. GV pan formation flying French Air Force (Mysteres). CU man with binoculars. GV pan split formation of Mysteres. MS crowd. LS Jet Provosts. MCU crowd. GV pan fly past split formation of Provosts. CU man with binoculars. GV pan formation of Provosts.
Keywords
Commemorations; Displays; Aviation; Military
Locations
Kent; Biggin Hill
Card file number
87214
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
206
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Battle Anniversary', British Movietone News Issue No. 1789A, 19 Sep 1963. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/25258 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)