News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: Mystery German Plane Crash
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 8 / 11
- Section Title
- News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: German Plane Crash. DESCRIPTION: The plane found in the French Alps had ten bodies onboard, thought to be German pilots returning from Spain. SHOTLIST: Men, wearing skis, travel over the snow to find the wreckage of a German aeroplane which crashed over French territory which had been closed for military manoeuvres. The bodies are removed on a stretcher.
- Keywords
- Weather; Environment; Aviation; Accidents and disasters
- Footage sources
- France
- Card file number
- 35786
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Alan Howland
- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 25
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How to cite this record
'News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: Mystery German Plane Crash', British Movietone News Issue No. 509A, 9 Mar 1939. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/9776 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)