Sky Flylets!

Series

Series Name
Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue

Issue No.
475
Date Released
10 Jul 1930
Length of issue (in feet)
791
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 6
Summary
NoS synopsis: "In Germany, they’ve just held the first all-women flying meeting - Fraulein is taking to the air as quickly as her brother - " High angle shot of an air show. Several German planes are seen standing on the grass. Low angle shot of one of the biplanes. M/S of a woman pilot sitting in the cockpit and laughing. Small aircraft taxis along. Low angle shot of plane in the air. M/S of female pilot in her cockpit. Men look on and she smiles. L/S of her plane taking off. "This competition was for artistic flying - and a twenty-three-year-old Fraulein won." Low angle shot of plane flying overhead. C/U of female pilot standing beside her plane and laughing. A glamorous woman comes into shot and they embrace.
Researcher Comments
A short handwritten shot list is present in the Pathé boxfile.
Keywords
Women; Aviation
Locations
Germany
Footage sources
Deulig
Written sources
Pathe Inventory File   Tin No.191
British Pathe Database 1997   Reference No.EP191
Pathe Eve 473-493 Boxfile   Issue sheet
Credits:
Production Co.
British Pathe Ltd.
Length of story (in feet)
66

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name
British Film Institute (BFI)
Email
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Web
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Phone
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Fax
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Address
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Notes
The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).
Series held
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Name
British Pathe Ltd
Email
info@britishpathe.com
Web
https://www.britishpathe.com/
Phone
0207 665 8340
Address
3.29 Canterbury Court
1-3 Brixton Road
London
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Notes
Pathe now also handles the Reuters Historical Collection, which includes the British Paramount, Empire British, Gaumont Graphic and Gaumont British newsreels.
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How to cite this record

'Sky Flylets!', Eve And Everybody’s Film Review Issue No. 475, 10 Jul 1930. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/332478 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)