Acrobatic Gliding
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 3 / 3
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Gliding. DESCRIPTION: We take to the air and from a glider pilot’s point of view we see the breathtaking scenery of the Austrian Tyrol. SHOTLIST: MS from behind glider looking down runway, it is towed and leaves the ground. MS glider being towed. LS looking at ground from cockpit as glider rises. MCU instruments. MS glider in air. MS looking at mountains as glider passes (2 shots). MLS looking at ground as glider turns to keep close to mountainside. MLS glider loops the loop (3 shots). MS from rear camera as glider turns. GV looking along wing. LS from ground as glider banks and turns to come into land. MLS glider landing (3 shots).
- Keywords
- Aviation
- Locations
- Austria
- Footage sources
- Deutsche Wochenschau GmbH
- Card file number
- 76/203
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leonard Martin
- Length of story (in feet)
- 272
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How to cite this record
'Acrobatic Gliding', British Movietone News Issue No. 2484, 9 Jan 1977. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/30925 (Accessed 18 Jun 2025)