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[News Compilation No. 2]

Item number (ISN):

168448

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1906/1959

Item number (ISN):

168448

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

TWENTIETH CENTURY-FOX FILM CORPORATION

Accession:

1975-0212

Media:

Film

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1906/1959

Production company:

Fox Movietone News

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The Silver Dart Flies Again. Sequence on J.A.D. McCurdy wearing a fur coat, arriving with other guests, preparing to observe the flight over the frozen surface of Bras d'Or Lake, 23 February 1959. Various views of Silver Dart II being prepared, of Wing Commander Paul Hartman seated at the controls. Long follow shots of the Silver Dart II in flight a few metres over the snow-covered icy surface of the lake. The end of the flight is very unsteady. Abrupt cut to the damaged aircraft in the snow, followed by shots of men moving around. W/C Hartman explains what happened. <1mn 49s>~London Air Raid Damage. Several shots of bomb damage in London, men rummaging through debris. The Duchess of Kent is shown surveying the ruins, talking to some of the men working there, and chatting with casualities in hospital. <1mn 45s>~Flying Auto. A light plane comes in for a landing. A man begins dismantling it and is left with what looks like a compact automobile. Shots of the automobile, called the Airphibian, moving on the road, city streets, and pulling up to the curb. A model steps out in front of an exhibition hall to advertise a 1950s motor show. <1mn 30s>~Bremen Flyers. April 1928. Three-shot of the Bremen Flyers. Major Fitzmaurice is flanked by Captain Koehl and Baron Von Huenefeld. <15s>~The Wright Brothers Win $30,000 Army Prize. 1906. Sequences on men moving about on an airfield; the Wright machine being brought out of a shed and prepared for flight. Orville Wright sits at the controls. <3mn 18s>

Language:

Silent
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Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

V1 8307-0057

Restrictions on consultation:

~No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

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With written permissions / Avec les permissions écrites

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