Wings over Africa
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 4 / 5
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Wings Over Africa. DESCRIPTION: Flying in to a small airfield near London, a plane with a promise, the promise of medical care for many thousands of Africans who live in the scattered communities of Northern Nigeria. The African Flying Doctor Service is the first of its kind outside Australia, and this aircraft has been given to replace the original one which was destroyed in a storm, even before it flew its first mission. Both machines have been presented by Oxfam, and at this recent ceremony, a five thousand pound cheque was handed over as well to Dr Neil Duncan who is pioneering the service. SHOTLIST: Key scene. LS plane in flight. MLS pan plane coming in to land. MS same landing. CU illustration of previous plane wrecked in a storm. MCU Dr Neil Duncan receives cheque for Flying Doctor Service. CU cheque. CU map of Northern Nigeria and zoom into Flying Doctor territory. CU Dr Duncan enters plane. GV pan same taxies away. LS pan same takes off. Plane and cheque were given by Oxfam.
- Keywords
- Health and medicine; Aviation; Social welfare
- Locations
- Middlesex; Denham; Denham Aerodrome
- Card file number
- 87338
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Camera
- Samuelson
- Length of story (in feet)
- 110
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How to cite this record
'Wings over Africa', British Movietone News Issue No. 1792A, 10 Oct 1963. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/25286 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)