Bird Man

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2233
Date Released
20 Mar 1972
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
6 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Bird Man. DESCRIPTION: 30 year old Billy Bonney from Canada, known as the ‘bird man of the French Alps’. Flies through the air, with arms strapped to a large kite. SHOTLIST: LV towards, pan back to back view kite man Bill Bonney starts off, skies down slope and takes off at 12’. LV kite man flying through air. LTV group of people waiting & watching round buildings at bottom of slope. SV kite man turning kite to come in to land. LV towards as he comes in to land, pan to BV as he lands at 65’ and skis past camera. SCU as he frees himself from kite. CU Bonney. CU 2 skiers watching. LV towards kite man comes in to land (in slow motion).
Keywords
Aviation
Locations
France
Footage sources
France
Card file number
97974
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
114
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Bird Man', British Movietone News Issue No. 2233, 20 Mar 1972. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/29305 (Accessed 09 Jun 2025)