News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: With the RAF in Palestine

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
496
Date Released
5 Dec 1938
Date submitted
30 Nov 1938
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Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 10
Section Title
News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Jack Cotter’s Fifth Shipment 33RD Squadron. DESCRIPTION: 33rd Squadron. SHOTLIST: The 33rd squadron, equipped with Gloster "Gauntlets" prepare to take off and Jack Cotter climbs into a plane. Flight over Jerusalem Aerial views over Jerusalem showing the old City and the Mosque of Omar and later the modern Jerusalem. Out over the enemy country the real work of the squadron is down, watching for Arabs. With the RAF (Not in issue?) - CARD 34790 Airstrip scenes. Pilots looking at maps. Planes on tarmac through wire. Pilots run to planes and take off. Good formation shots over desert. Aerials of Jerusalem. Air to Air shots.
Keywords
Buildings and structures; Aviation; Terrorism; Military; Cameramen; Newsreels
Footage sources
Palestine
Card file number
34964
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
79
Story extras:
Film clip

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'News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: With the RAF in Palestine', British Movietone News Issue No. 496, 5 Dec 1938. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/9465 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)