News and Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: Henshaw Completes Great Cape Flight

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
506
Date Released
13 Feb 1939
Date submitted
10 Feb 1939
Stories in this Issue:

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
8 / 13
Section Title
News and Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Alex Henshaw Arrives at Gravesend. DESCRIPTION: The exhausted flier arrives back at Gravesend. SHOTLIST: Alex Henshaw arrives at Gravesend Municipal Airport in his Percival Mew Gull after his record-breaking flight to the Cape and back. His father and the Mayor of Gravesend are there to welcome him.
Keywords
Aviation; Speed records; Local government
Footage sources
Great Britain
Card file number
35510
Credits:
Commentator
Alan Howland
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
42
Story extras:
Film clip

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'News and Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: Henshaw Completes Great Cape Flight', British Movietone News Issue No. 506, 13 Feb 1939. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/9685 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)