News on Screen

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

317A

Date Released

4 Jul 1935

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Flashes: Duke and Duchess of York go by air to Brussels Show
• 2. Flashes: Royal Henley has pleasant day for Regatta opening
• 3. Flashes: Atlantic flyers crash at start of hop to Rome
• 4. Sports: Reported by Alan Howland: British tennis stars fail surprisingly at Wimbledon
• 5. Editorial: Sir Malcolm Campbell comments: The Mauretania, that grand old ship, sails on her last voyage
• 6. Features: about that Test Match by Tom Webster

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 6

Section Title

Flashes

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Atlantic Flyers Crash at Start of Hop to Rome. SHOTLIST: The Portugese fliers enter the plane and smile as they take off. Shots of the plane taking off and then passing camera crashes. Shots of the crowd rushing around and screaming. CU of the two fliers and they speak a few words.

Keywords

Aviation; Accidents and disasters

Footage sources

Movietone

Card file number

3762

Credits:

Commentator

Alan Howland

Length of story (in feet)

57

Story extras:

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