News on Screen

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

122

Date Released

5 Oct 1931

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Kind Hearts Beat in Gay Vienna
• 2. Tarleton Gains Featherweight Title
• 3. New Air Monster Soars in Heavens
• 4. GPO Flying Squad Takes to the Road
• 5. Passing of a Great British Sportsman
• 6. Jack Dunfee Wins 500 Mile Race

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: New Monster Soars Into Heavens - the Akron. DESCRIPTION: The Akron, World’s largest dirigible, twice the size of Graf Zeppelin takes flight over Ohio. SHOTLIST: Long shots of the Akron in take off. "US Navy" on the side. Close shots of her in the air and over camera.

Keywords

Aviation; Aircraft; Navy; Military

Footage sources

Movietone

Card file number

1446

Length of story (in feet)

66

Story extras:

Film clip

Movietone IconMovietone

• 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