Helicopter girl
Series
- Series Name
- Astra Gazette
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 1 / 4
- Summary
- Pathe’s Database Entry for this item: "Date : 7/04/55 HELICOPTER GIRL TRAPEZE ARTISTE (Battersea Gardens) MS Girl standing on roof as helicopter hovers by side of her. The woman picks trapeze, swinging from helicopter, gets on it and helicopter flies away with girl on trapeze. MS Girl doing stunts on trapeze. The woman hangs onto trapeze by her feet and she starts somersaulting on trapeze. LS Helicopter with girl on trapeze. Camera pans down to the River Thames on which there is a motor launch. LS Helicopter hovering over river, bridge in background. LS Helicopter girl still doing her somersaults on trapeze. MS Crowd watching. MS Girl now sitting on the trapeze. MS Plane as it comes in to roof for girl to alight. (Eastman Neg.)"
- Keywords
- Entertainment and leisure; Aviation; Stunts
- Footage sources
- Pathe Colour Pictorial Issue No.27
- Length of story (in feet)
- 132
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- British Pathe Ltd
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How to cite this record
'Helicopter girl', Astra Gazette Issue No. 3. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/34 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)