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Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

318A

Date Released

11 Jul 1935

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Flashes: Survivors of the earthquake get back from India
• 2. Flashes: Big fire in London Docklands results in two fatalities
• 3. Flashes: Tribute is paid to Captain Cook, the Explorer, in New South Wales
• 4. Aviation: Observations by Ivan Scott: Soviet women parachutists make record leap
• 5. Sports: Reported by Alan Howland: Two Maori teams play trial match before ‘All Blacks’ Tour
• 6. Sports: Reported by Alan Howland: British Amateurs score brilliant win over American Boxers
• 7. Features: "Those Were the Days" by Tom Webster

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 7

Section Title

Aviation: Observations by Ivan Scott

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Soviet Women Parachutists. SHOTLIST: Close shots of parachutists dropping from plane in mid air. Close shot of women donning helmets. Plane in air and ‘chute drops from same. Parachute seen landing. Close ground shots of girl struggling with parachute. Close shots of parachute. CU of girl.

Keywords

Aviation

Footage sources

Movietone

Card file number

3775

Credits:

Commentator

Ivan Scott

Length of story (in feet)

62

Story extras:

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