Only for the Birds?

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1790A
Date Released
26 Sep 1963
Date submitted
11 Sep 1963
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Only for the Birds?. DESCRIPTION: Ever since he saw his first bird, man has been trying to get airborne under his own power. The latest bird-man is Victoria’s Ron Costello. He’s out to challenge the wide blue yonder in his one leg-powered, durlium strutted, calico-covered, rubber band and string invention known as Tellocos. SHOTLIST: Key scene. MS man removing bird machine from hangar. MS man with machine. CU bird machine. CU birdman Ron Costello puts helmet on. MS a previous bird machine collapsing. MS another doing likewise. CU same. LS birdman jumps from bridge. MS same in water. MS pan take off of flying bike. LAS same in flight. CU Ron Costello operating machine with foot, (it is in fact a so-called pedal plane). MS same. CU underneath machine. MCU goat on grass. MS pan Ron trying to take off. MCU same. CU goat. MS pan car pulling machine. MS cows watching. GV Ron on machine. BS sheep running away. BS cows doing likewise.
Keywords
Aviation; Inventions and discoveries
Locations
Australia; Victoria
Footage sources
Australia
Card file number
87241
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
138
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Only for the Birds?', British Movietone News Issue No. 1790A, 26 Sep 1963. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/25268 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)