Out of the Clouds
Date: 1955
Director: Basil Dearden
Production Company: Ealing Studios, Michael Balcon Productions
Stars: Anthony Steel, Robert Beatty, David Knight, Margo Lorenz, James Robertson Justice, Eunice Gayson, Gordon Harker
Location(s): Giza, London, Middlesex, Rome, Vatican City
Region(s): Italy, London O-Q, Rest Of The World, South East M-Q
Storyline:
The stories of passengers’ romances and airline crews involved with smuggling are played out over two days.
Additional Information:
Screen captures by Phil Wilkinson
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A British European Airways flight conveying Leah Rosch and a Pan American World Airways service with Bill Steiner on board head for London. The recognisable runway pattern of London Airport to the south of Bath Road in Harlington, Middlesex.
John Harwood sent this in, "My pilot friend who took this says runway 23 is no longer there and things have changed considerably." Impressive connections, John (SJ)
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The BEA flight from Frankfurt taxis past the Control Tower. The, then new, Control Tower at London Airport was demolished in 2013.
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Driven by Eleanor Harcourt (Jill Melford), pilot Gus Randall (Anthony Steele) is dropped off at the airport.
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Gus catches up with Chief Duty Officer Nick Millbourne (Robert Beatty) who has arrived for his medical. Designed by Frederick Gibberd, London Airport Control Tower stands in the left background.
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Nick Millbourne drives away after problems with Douglas Brent's aircraft are explained by the Chief Engineer (Jack Lambert).
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A replacement Monarch aircraft is provided and Captain Brent's delayed flight takes off for New York.
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Through the fog closing in on the airport, the Chief Duty Officer drives to meet Captain Brent after he returns when his aeroplane's number two engine developed problems.
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Gus Randall's British Overseas Airways Corporation flight to Cairo approaches it's destination. With the actors safely confined to the studio for the majority of the film, this and the rest of our images feature locations visited by the airline passengers and crew starting with the pyramids at the Giza Necropolis in Egypt. Other views of the Pyramids appear in 'The Curse of the Mummy’s Tomb', 'My Way Home', 'After the Fox', 'Out of the Clouds' and 'The Camels are Coming'.
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After radioing Cairo Control Tower, the BOAC Constellation flight begins it's final approach.
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A contemporary view Cairo Aerodrome, the former Bayn Field air-force base, . . .
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. . . as confirmed when the shot tilts down the building.
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Stranded at the airport because of the fog, after dinner Leah Rosch and Bill Steiner take a cab into London. A foggy night view of the West Front of Westminster Abbey in SW1,
A clearer view. SJ
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Seemingly obsessed with tombs, the Taxi Driver continues his tour. Buckingham Palace at the western end of The Mall in SW1 with the Victoria Monument on the right.
A different time of day. SJ
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The Cabbie drives past the Tower of London in EC3 "Where they used to cut all their 'eds off" before moving on to Execution Dock.
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In Cairo the following morning, a Muezzin recites the call to prayer.
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Leaving the minaret, the camera moves to where Gus Randall showers in his hotel room before Abdul el Hafadi arrives with a package to be conveyed to Miss Harcourt in London.
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In London, Leah Rosch opens the curtains of her hotel room to be greeted by a bright morning. Dave W is rather sceptical about Leah opening her curtains as this rather looks as though she may be on the roof of 25 Sheffield Terrace, London W8 looking towards the three square blocks of the Lisson Grove power station left of center horizon and therefore the rise of Hampstead on the extreme left horizon. Also seen in 'Who Done It?'. (RL)
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With Bill Steiner on board, the BEA flight to Israel via Rome flies over the Italian capital. The Ponte Garibaldi crossing the River Tiber to the west of Tiber Island.
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The Tiber flowing through Rome with Castel Sant'Angelo adjacent to Ponte Sant'Angelo in the centre and Corte Suprema di Cassazione to the top left.
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Castel Sant'Angelo on Lungotevere Castello in Rome.
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The Colosseum in the centre of Piazza del Colosseo, Rome 1.
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St. Peter's Basilica, Piazza San Pietro in Vatican City.
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The plane passes over Stadio dei Centomila before landing at Rome Airport where Bill gets off to return to London. Opened in 1932, the sports complex stands on Viale dei Gladiatori and was renamed Stadio Olimpico for the 1960 Olympics.