GV aircraft on runway
2 ft


GV Officers (one medical) down steps aircraft
5 ft


GV pan pregnant women walk across tarmac accompanied by soldiers (Several shots)
43 ft


Blank
53 ft


GV Sea
62 ft


Gv ambulance along road
67 ft


Views aircraft and people on tarmac
83 ft


GV ambulance arrives tarmac
90 ft


GV officers on aircraft steps
93 ft


GV aircraft(Britannia hospital aircraft)
100 ft


CU camera
104 ft


SVs traffic controllers
110 ft


Pregnant woman and nurse
120 ft


GV pan plane maxis
125 ft


Various shots people onto plane
140 ft



Initials


???R EUROVISION - ATTENTION SUE BONNER/HEATHER STRETCH

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Background: AFTER SPENDING LAST NIGHT AT A SERVICES HOSPITAL IN MALTA, 22 PREGNANT BRITISH WOMEN FLEW HOME TODAY AS PART OF THE CURRENT AIRBORNE EVACUATION OF BRITISH WOMEN AND CHILDREN. THEIR FLIGHT, REFERRED TO SERVICEMEN AS THE "STORK SPECIAL", WAS IN AN R.A.F. TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT CONVERTED INTO A FLYING MATERNITY WARD, STAFFED BY NURSES AND A SENIOR GYNAECOLOGIST. THE AIRCRAFT WAS EQUIPPED TO CARE FOR NEWLY-BORN BABIES, THEIR MOTHERS, AND WOMEN IN ADVANCED STAGES OF PREGNANCY. AS THEY EMBARKED THE WOMEN WERE PRESENTED WITH A FLOWER, AND ANY CHILDREN ACCOMPANYING THEM RECEIVED A BAG OF SWEETS. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AT BRIZE NORTON IN OXFORDSHIRE WITHOUT INCIDENT.