STK-ID 10276

MS of cameraman operating 35mm motion picture camera as guard in uniform looks on. Sequence showing Trans-Canada Airlines employee pushing platform to door of TCA airplane, flight attendant (woman) coming out, passengers filing out, TCA employee (woman) wheeling platform away from airplane. FOLLOW SHOT of TCA Lockheed Lodestar airplane taxiing out to take off position. FOLLOW HASs of Post Office trucks moving off on road past camera. MS of TCA flight attendant (woman) checking off list as passengers file into airplane. MS of ground crew man unplugging booster from port motor of TCA airplane. FOLLOW SHOT of TCA Lockheed Lodestar airplane taxiing out on runway. Shots of control tower at Montreal Airport. MCS of postal service employee getting into Canadian Post Office truck. LS of Montreal Airport buildings at night, beacon light flashing on top of control tower. MLS of Lancaster airplane turning and taxiing on runway, "Prestwick Airport Scotland" sign in foreground.

DETAILS

Excerpt from
Flight 6
Location
Scotland, Montreal
Year
1944
Collection
National Film Board
Available formats
Digital Bétacam, Digital Video Disk, Reel 35 mm
Shooting format
35mm fine grain b&w
Aspect ratio
4/3
Available resolutions
720 x 486