News on Screen

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

333A

Date Released

24 Oct 1935

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Flashes: Trafalgar Day in HMS Victory
• 2. Flashes: Driving Test for Motor Mower
• 3. Flashes: Smithy take off for Australia
• 4. Flashes: Floods cause big damage in City
• 5. Memoirs: a Tribute by Ivan Scott
• 6. Foreign Affairs: Burning of SS ‘Ausonia’
• 7. Foreign Affairs: British Fleet at Gibraltar
• 8. Foreign Affairs: 'Augustus’ at Barcelona and Senator Marconi
• 9. Foreign Affairs: Mussolini reviews police & Count Vinci stays on
• 10. Motor Show

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 10

Section Title

Flashes

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Smithy Leaves for Australia. SHOTLIST: Shot of Croydon airport. Shot of Kingsford Smith ready for start with map. He waves and takes off past camera. Plane in air. The plane is "Lady Southern Cross".

Keywords

Aviation

Locations

Croydon

Footage sources

Movietone

Card file number

3999

Credits:

Commentator

Ivan Scott

Length of story (in feet)

39

Story extras:

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