Leslie Mitchell Conducts the News Pageant of Movietone. Sports Reported by Alan Howland. Eye-witness Commentaries by Thomas Woodrooffe: Opening of Guernsey Airport

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
518
Date Released
8 May 1939
Stories in this Issue:

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Story

Section Title
Leslie Mitchell Conducts the News Pageant of Movietone. Sports Reported by Alan Howland. Eye-witness Commentaries by Thomas Woodrooffe
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Guernsey Airport Opened. SHOTLIST: Sir Kingsley Wood arrives by plane to open Guernsey’s new Municipal Airport. He performs the ceremony and out cameraman flies in a formation with some RAF machines. Aerial shots over Guernsey.
Local distribution only
Guernsey only
Keywords
Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Displays; Aviation; Ceremonies; Military
Footage sources
Guernsey
Card file number
36718
Credits:
Commentator
Alan Howland
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Commentator
Thomas Woodroffe
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'Leslie Mitchell Conducts the News Pageant of Movietone. Sports Reported by Alan Howland. Eye-witness Commentaries by Thomas Woodrooffe: Opening of Guernsey Airport', British Movietone News Issue No. 518, 8 May 1939. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/9954 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)