Model Planes

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2249
Date Released
10 Jul 1972
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Model Planes. DESCRIPTION: While the British love vintage cars, Australians have caught on to a new craze - model aeroplane flying and all done by wires looped through the wings, to operate the ‘plane’s controls. SHOTLIST: GV model plane enthusiasts flying planes attached to wires in field. SV several people walking round in circle flying planes. LV pan model plane flying. SV pan as plane lands and is stopped by man on ground. SV several people getting tangled up walking in a circle flying planes. LV pan model plane flying. SV pan as plane lands and is stopped by man on ground. SV several people getting tangled up walking round in circle flying planes. SV judges watching. SV enthusiasts tangled up walking round and round flying planes. SV pan as model plane takes off in front of judges and flies round and round. CU two boys watching. LV pan plane doing acrobatics. SV pan plane comes in to land in front of judges.
Keywords
Aviation
Locations
Australia
Footage sources
Australia
Card file number
98265
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
77
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Model Planes', British Movietone News Issue No. 2249, 10 Jul 1972. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/29459 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)