News on Screen

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

436A

Date Released

14 Oct 1937

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. America
• 2. Reports: President Roosevelt in Canada
• 3. Reports: Black Watch march through Montreal
• 4. Reports: American Legion at Cenotaph
• 5. Reports: King and Queen return to town
• 6. Reports: Queen Marie of Roumania
• 7. Reports: Private Education
• 8. Reports: Aviation Experiment - latest phase
• 9. Thanksgiving
• 10. Sports: Reported by Alan Howland: Tommy Farr’s return
• 11. Sports: Reported by Alan Howland: Open Golf Mixed Foursomes
• 12. Sports: Reported by Alan Howland: The Cambridgeshire
• 13. War

Story

Story No. within this Issue

8 / 13

Section Title

Reports

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Aviation Experiment. Latest Phase. SHOTLIST: Shot of the ‘Mercury’ on top of another (Maia) owing to the weight for take off. Planes on water. ‘Mercury’ - Neg Shots of the plane in flight. On water. Landing etc. Good shots of the seaplane.

Keywords

Vehicles; Aviation; Science and technology

Footage sources

Movietone

Card file number

5767

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

21

Story extras:

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