News and Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: America’s Liner of the Air

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
510
Date Released
13 Mar 1939
Date submitted
9 Mar 1939
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Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 13
Section Title
News and Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: New Giant Clipper Plane. DESCRIPTION: New giant Clipper planes. SHOTLIST: The new "Yankee" Clipper takes off and goes for a trial flight before being put on the passenger service. She lands at Baltimore ready for the regular trip. 74 Passenger China Clipper - CARD 35795 The New 74 passenger. China Clipper, which is to take the place of the Yankee Clipper on the Pacific route. Captain Cluthe and Navigation Officer Bierer take off from Treasure Island, San Francisco.
Keywords
Aviation; Business and commerce
Footage sources
United States of America
Card file number
35794
Credits:
Commentator
Alan Howland
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
38
Story extras:
Film clip

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'News and Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: America’s Liner of the Air', British Movietone News Issue No. 510, 13 Mar 1939. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/9780 (Accessed 25 Jun 2025)