Airport Playground Different Ways To Entertain Children At London Airport Including A Playground With Rides Footage

AIRPORT PLAYGROUND Different ways to entertain children at London Airport, including a playground with rides.
This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA.	Tape Master:	6119
	Catalog #:	19446
	Clip Number:	19446-1
	Orginal Film:	CP 187
	Timecode:	01:24:04 - 01:26:36
	Location:	London
	Year Shot:	1958 (Actual Year)
	Audio:	Yes
	Color:	Yes
	Headings:	AGE GROUP/CHILDREN: Playing LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, London RECREATION: Playgrounds TRANSPORTATION/AVIATION: Airports
	Description:	Tape A AIRPORT PLAYGROUND Different ways to entertain children at London Airport, including a playground with rides. London Airport. L/S of a playground with a pond in the middle, M/S of the pond with people sat round it. M/S of a family, with a father and two boys and a girl, she is nine year old Avril Walsh from St Albans. She climbs into a white globe with antennae on the top, her father and the boys spin it round, it has 'Sputnik' written on the side, there are several different rides in a row behind it. C/U of the family spinning the Sputnik round. Shot taken from inside the Sputnik as it revolves, everything is a blur. M/S of the father helping Avril out of the Sputnik. C/U of a helicopter rotor going round, M/S of a little blonde girl in the helicopter ride, she is 19 month old Christine Wyatt from Lichfield. C/U of Christine who waves, she is wearing a pink cardigan and has a big ribbon in her hair. C/U of the rotor again. C/U of Christine in the helicopter waving. M/S of three and a half year old Alex Ross in a model boat, the 'S.S. Blue Star' which is rocking. C/U of Alex ringing the bell on the boat and turning the wheel. M/S of children playing on a slide and M/S of other children playing on a seesaw. L/S of children playing on the slide and a climbing frame, there are airplanes on a runway in the background. L/S of the airport with people walking about in the public enclosure and airplanes taxiing on the runway. L/S of an airplane taxiing on the runway. M/S of a young lady, Miss Florence Kingdon an ex W.R.A.F. flying officer, looking through a pair of binoculars from a lookout tower in the Queens Building. She is sat at a desk with control panels in front of her. C/U of Florence looking through binoculars, she puts them down and looks over towards her right. C/U of two tape machines which give details of aircraft movements. She is there to give general information about the types of aircraft landing and taking off for the interest of the passengers. M/S of her picking up a microphone, C/U of the switchboard which is made by 'Parmexo', she reaches over and switches on the microphone. M/S of Florence talking into the microphone. C/U of a loudspeaker on the wall outside. L/S of airplanes and a row of trucks on the runway, four boys are stood in the foreground watching them. M/S of two boys, twelve year old Bob Ayres who is looking through some binoculars, and twelve year old Bill Macmillan both from Colnbrook, they both have paper and pens. L/S of the public enclosure and runway behind. M/S of the two boys again, C/U of Bill writing, he has a copy of 'Civil Aircraft Markings' under his paper. C/U of Bill's face, he is wearing a green visor. L/S of an airplane taxiing on the runway. M/S of two other boys, twelve year old Terry Parker is looking through a telescope. Shot of airplanes as seen through the telescope. L/S of the observation tower. L/S of an airplane starting its turbo jet engines on the runway. C/U of the other boy, twelve year old Allen Inns writing in a book and taking a sandwich out of his satchel, he takes a couple of bites as he watches the airplanes. L/S of an airplane taking off, the camera follows it as it climbs.