Sheila Sets the Speed

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1877
Date Released
24 May 1965
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Sheila Sets the Speed. DESCRIPTION: Flying into Northolt Airport near London, Britain’s latest record breaker racing pilot Sheila Scott in her 15,000 Piper Comanche plane. She has set 15 new records for light aircraft in a series of hectic journeys to the Hague, Brussels, Paris, Dublin and Belfast. She has cut half an hour off the previous records set by Fred Dunkerley twelve years ago. SHOTLIST: LS pan aircraft comes into land. MS cameramen. MLS Sheila Scott getting out of plane. MS mechanic filling aircraft with fuel. CU ditto. MLS officials watching. MS Sheila getting into aircraft. CU name Myth Sunpip on side of aircraft. MLS aircraft taxiing to runway. LS pan aircraft taking off.
Keywords
Aviation; Records
Locations
Northolt; Middlesex; Northolt Airport
Card file number
89733
Credits:
Camera
Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Commentator
Macdonald Hobley
Length of story (in feet)
68
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Sheila Sets the Speed', British Movietone News Issue No. 1877, 24 May 1965. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/25998 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)