News Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: By Rocket Car to Mars

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
494
Date Released
21 Nov 1938
Date submitted
18 Nov 1938
Stories in this Issue:

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 10
Section Title
News Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Visit to Mars. SHOTLIST: Crack Up Frakes endeavours to take off from a motor car in a glider. Unfortunately the glider topples over but Frakes in uninjured. A new sky rocket car has been designed by Lew Lehr to fly to Mars. Unfortunately the machine only just moves and the attempt is also a failure. This story has other attempts to fly.
Keywords
Entertainment and leisure; Vehicles; Curiosities; Aviation; Stunts; Space; Inventions and discoveries
Footage sources
United States of America
Card file number
34887
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
113
Story extras:
Film clip

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'News Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: By Rocket Car to Mars', British Movietone News Issue No. 494, 21 Nov 1938. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/9422 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)