News on Screen

Series

Series Name

Astra Gazette

Issue

Issue No.

3

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Helicopter girl
• 2. The racing driver
• 3. Tame lion
• *Mountain rescue

* Story has local or special distribution

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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Film Archive

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British Pathe Ltd

Email

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Notes

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