Air Mail New Style (1959)

Title reads: “Air Mail New Style“. St. Mawgan, Cornwall. Coastal Command transport mail to sailors on board warship in Atlantic. L/S airman at St. Mawgan Airport packing canisters with mail and newspapers etc. for sailors on board HMS Bermuda. Various shots mail and newspapers being packed into canister. C/U hand-written message: “Best Wishes Pathe News“. C/U airman sealing up canister. G/V canisters being loaded into bomb bay of Avro Shackleton aircraft. C/U canisters in the bomb bay. C/U captain looking out of cockpit as the engines start. Panning shot aircraft taxiing out onto runway. Panning shot aircraft taking off. C/U pilot at controls. Aerial shot looking down at coast line and sea. C/U navigator plotting on graph inside plane. Air shot, looking down at the sea with cloud drifting by. C/U pilot eating an apple. Air shot warship HMS Bermuda sailing 150 miles North East of the Azores. C/U plane’s bomb doors open and canisters are released. Three drop and camera pans down as the first one h