Concorde’s Record Atlantic Flight

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2313
Date Released
1 Oct 1973
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Concorde in Paris. DESCRIPTION: The Concorde lands at Paris after flying the Atlantic in a record 3 hours 33 minutes. SHOTLIST: CU hand opening up Concorde map Washington to Paris 26th September 1973. SV showing outward route through Paris, Las Palmas, Kansas, Dallas, Washington & back to Paris. GV Concorde approaches Orly Airport, flies past camera & touches down. CU cameraman. GV pan as Concorde taxies along runway showing British Airways on side. SV pan as Concorde taxies towards camera zoom back to GV. SV Concorde stops showing Air France side. CU name Concorde. SV pan from nose to tail Air France side. SV plaque with words Rolls Royce Olympus. GV press milling around Concorde. GV interior press conference in progress. SV pressman. CU Nixon representative. SV members of press. SV press conference in progress. SV showing name British Airways. SV pan along nose of Concorde to GV of plane.
Keywords
Aviation
Locations
Paris
Footage sources
Central Office of Information
Card file number
99404A
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
188
Story extras:
Film clip

• The first time you use this link in a session, you will need to log on at the British Movietone website and then click this icon again to see the film. For the remainder of the session, this link will take you directly to the film.

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name
AP Archive
Email
info@aparchive.com
Web
http://www.movietone.com
Phone
+44 (0)20 7482 7482
Series held
View all series held by AP Archive

How to cite this record

'Concorde’s Record Atlantic Flight', British Movietone News Issue No. 2313, 1 Oct 1973. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/30070 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)