Airship Europa

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2232
Date Released
13 Mar 1972
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Airship Europa - Part Colour. DESCRIPTION: Colour film of the first British airship to fly in this country in 20 years. Called the ‘Europa’ it was assembled in the same hangar that housed the R100 & R101. R101 later crashed in France. The American company of Goodyears are the builders of this craft. As a firm of airship constructors they’re fairly experienced. Altogether they’ve built 300. Europa’s maiden flight went perfectly and everyone was pleased. Later it’ll be based in Rome and will do European promotion work. SHOTLIST: Black and White Section [92 feet, 61 seconds] - GV Cardigan airship sheds. GV interior envelope laid out and being inflated with helium gas. GTV pan complete laid out envelope being filled. LV airship being filled. SV helium gas tanks. CU operator. SV airship being filled. SV men unhooking sandbags. GTV airship now _ filled. SCU Captain Richard Widdicombe. LV pan looking underneath airship. GV inflated airship. SV cabin and engine. CU name Europa on engine. LV inflated airship just inside hangar. GV R100 arriving over Cardington December 1929, this ship was built at Howden in Yorkshire. GV R100. Colour Section [152 feet, 101 seconds] - GV airship Europa anchored to mast. SV ditto showing many lights underneath airship for advert signs. SV engine propeller turning. SV captain at controls. GV airship outside hangar on mast surrounded by people. CU man on top of mast preparing nose for take off. SV control cabin. CU as airship leaves mast zoom back to GV as airship begins to move upwards. CU nose of airship. SV control cabin. LV people watching. GV airship rising zoom in to cabin. GV airship in flight. GV as airship flies over sheds. CU as airship flies towards camera pan to cabin. CU pan from cabin to tail. GV airship landing controlled by men on ground holding ropes. GV 3 men holding rope. LV airship in front of sheds. CU Captain Widdicombe after flight. GV airship anchored at entrance of sheds.
Keywords
Aviation
Locations
Cardington; Bedfordshire
Card file number
97959
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Norman Fisher
Length of story (in feet)
245
Story extras:
Film clip

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