News on Screen

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

92A

Date Released

12 Mar 1931

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Paris Threatened by French Floods
• 2. Schmeling Trains for World Title
• 3. Al Capone Gets Six Months
• 4. Snowbound London is Strange Place
• 5. Swimming Evolves a Living Mosaic
• 6. Camels Collect at Syrian Water Hole
• 7. New York Invents the Air Cop

Story

Story No. within this Issue

7 / 7

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: New York Invents the Air Cops. DESCRIPTION: New force stage pursuit and capture to impress rum-runners with their vigilance. SHOTLIST: Shot of the plane wheeling over the water and two boats. Interior of plane with pilot speaking over telephone to headquarters. Various shots of the pursuit with ground shots of same. Revolvers are fired on both sides.

Keywords

Politics and government; Food and cooking; Weapons; Aviation; Police; Crime

Footage sources

Movietone

Card file number

1103

Length of story (in feet)

113

Story extras:

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