Into Service

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1964
Date Released
23 Jan 1967
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Into Service. DESCRIPTION: Chieftain tanks leave for Service with 11th Hussars in West Germany. Loading near Southampton. To keep pace with standards of comfort in their Transport versions of the VC10 Jet airliner, Royal Air Force Transport Command introduces Air Stewards. SHOTLIST: MS Chieftain tank passes over camera towards tank landing craft at Marchwood. MLS tank aboard landing craft. CU ditto. GV tank guided aboard landing craft. MS soldier guiding tank. TS tank into position on landing craft. CU army officer watches as landing craft moves from quayside. GV tank landing craft moves from quayside. MLS interior, classroom, training airforce corporals for positions in transport command as air stewards. MS ditto. CU one of the corporals. MS woman instructress takes meal from container in back of van. CU instructress. CU meal on tray. MS air stewards carry containers of food into aircraft. CU members of WRAF sitting in aircraft. MS air steward carries meals to women. CU ditto.
Keywords
Education and training; Vehicles; Women; Aviation; Military
Locations
England; Lyneham; Marchwood
Card file number
91966
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Norman Fisher
Length of story (in feet)
104
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Into Service', British Movietone News Issue No. 1964, 23 Jan 1967. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/26742 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)