Girls on Target

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2019
Date Released
12 Feb 1968
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Girls on Target Rifle Championships - First Woman Passenger Pilot. DESCRIPTION: WRAF girls get their eye in for the Inter-Services Rifle championships, while another Air Girl, Gillian Cazalet, has her sights set on the world’s air routes. She’s Britain’s first woman airliner pilot qualified to fly the big jets. SHOTLIST: GV women take position on rifle range. CU Flight Officer Clinton taking aim. CU WO Yorath taking aim. CU SACW Stewart firing. CU target. CU SASW Allen firing. Pan mascot of Flight Officer Clinton. GV rifle range. CU pan girl looking at target. CU target. CU Gillian Cazalet. MS Skyways 748 Turbo-jet at Lydd Airport in Kent. BS Gillian gets into cockpit of aircraft. MS ditto. MS passengers board aircraft. CU control panel. MCU Gillian checks controls. BS ditto. MS & MCU ditto. CU propeller turning. GV pan 748 aircraft takes off. Good take off.
Keywords
Sport; Women; Shooting; Aviation; Air force; Military
Locations
England; Uxbridge; Middlesex; Lydd
Card file number
93230
Credits:
Camera
John Mould
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Ronald E. Collins
Length of story (in feet)
123
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Girls on Target', British Movietone News Issue No. 2019, 12 Feb 1968. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/27250 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)