New Runway

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2524
Date Released
16 Oct 1977
Stories in this Issue:

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Story

Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: New Runway at Luqa Airport. DESCRIPTION: President Buttigeig of Malta opens a new Runway at Luqa to accommodate the new wide-bodied jets. SHOTLIST: Air view Malta Grand Harbour. AV Luqa Airport and new runway. Ditto. AV new runway and plane parking bay. Low shot looking along runway. GAV new runway. SV President Anton Buttigieg and wife arrive by car and get out. LV band. President Buttigieg and wife with Mr Lorry Sant, (Minister of Public Works & Sports) walk towards dais. LS band plays national anthem. Buttigieg and Sant with wives on dais. SV band playing. CU ditto. SV dais. LV school-children waving flags march along apron. SV ditto. President and party wave from dais. LS school-children marching past dais. LV pan helicopter flypast. Girl giving perfume to VIPs. Pan RAF Nimrod flies past. President and party watch. Nimrod flies past. GV Freccie Tricolour Squad of the Italian Air Force in formation flypast. President watches. Pan formation flypast. Spectators. LV toward formation flypast. Spectators. LV towards formation flypast. GV ditto. SV Mr Sant makes speech (silent). People listening. Mr Sant presents replica of Maltese Coat of Arms to Italian engineer Mario Marra (responsible for runway). SV VIPs applaud. SV Marra with award. SV VIPs. SV President Buttigieg makes speech opening ceremony. SV ditto. SV cameraman. Buttigieg unveils plaque. GAV new runway. AV flying past buildings. AV flying low past buildings. GV Air Malta plane taxing along new runway. SV ditto. Pan passengers disembarking from Alitalia DC10. SV ditto. GV an Air Malta plane taxing along new runway and passes sunset. GAV the new runway.
Local distribution only
Special for Malta only.
Keywords
Politics and government; Ceremonies
Locations
Malta; Luqa
Card file number
77/182
Credits:
Commentator
Leonard Martin
Camera
Richard Day
Length of story (in feet)
561
Story extras:
Film clip

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'New Runway', British Movietone News Issue No. 2524, 16 Oct 1977. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/31048 (Accessed 02 Mar 2025)