Airport Playground (1958)

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 th