She Flies Like a Brick

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2087
Date Released
2 Jun 1969
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: She Flies Like a Brick. DESCRIPTION: Rowland Emett’s latest aerial extravaganza makes it’s screen debut, while Concordes fly over Paris, en route to the Air Show. SHOTLIST: CU flying machine. MS pan Rowland Emett walks behind his extraordinary machine. MS Emett makes small adjustments to machine. MS top of machine pan down to Emett standing behind machine. MCU Emett making adjustments to part of machine. CU zoom out machine with Emett at controls. MCU tailplane. MCU another part of strange machinery. MCU stuffed dummy of a pilot lifted from deck-chair. CU model of dog’s head. MS man places dummy on machine. CU revolving umbrella. CU revolving parts of machine. MS machine working. Tracking shot machine working.
Keywords
Curiosities; Aviation; Arts and crafts; Inventions and discoveries
Locations
United Kingdom
Card file number
94794
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
99
Story extras:
Film clip

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'She Flies Like a Brick', British Movietone News Issue No. 2087, 2 Jun 1969. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/27876 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)