Le journal tombe à cinq heures

Le journal tombe à cinq heures movie poster.

Movie (1942)
English title : The Newspaper Falls at Five O'Clock

Starring:
Pierre Fresnay (journalist Pierre Rabaud)
Marie Déa (Hélène Perrin)
Pierre Renoir (Director François Marchal)
Pierre Larquey (Phalanpin)

The film is a romanticized and accentuated evocation of sensationalist journalism, where professional morality is sometimes violated, and regretfully so, but without any real infringement of morality.
Aviation airshow is filmed during the Vincennes (close to Paris, France) airshow on 25 April 1937.

Various Aircraft

Left to right :
1 : Morane-Saulnier but which type ?
2 : unidentified high-wing plane, nearly hidden by Doret's takeoff;
3 : (foreground) Caudron Phalène wearing Paris-soir, a famous French newspaper (defunct in 1944); unknown registration F-...

Dewoitine D.272

Takeoff of the famous French pilot Marcel Doret at the controls of his Dewoitine D272.

Blériot-SPAD S.92

Reg. F-AJHK Blériot-SPAD S.92(-3 or 4 ?) given to be ride by Michel Détroyat (not his usual mount).
Same aircraft in other movies at Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).

Gourdou Leseurre B6

Reg. F-AGCH Gourdou Leseurre handle by "Panelli" (in fact : Jérôme Cavalli).
In 1942, the French aerobatics champion was in North Africa under the threat of a german wanted notice. Data from his grandson :
"In 1940, my Grandpa joined the SCLAM ( Section Civile des Liaisons Aériennes Métropolitaines ) as a receiving pilot at Toulouse. In the beginning of 1941, the Gestapo (German military police) wanted him. So he left continental France for Marocco, trying later to reach Gibraltar. After this failed attempt, he stayed in Algiers and worked for the SGLA."
So putting footage of this wanted pilot could be too provocative and his name was changed for Panelli.

Morane-Saulnier MS.234/2

(blue circle) Reg. F-AJTP Morane-Saulnier MS.234/2 of Michel Détroyat.
top right blue corner : Gourdou-Leseurre of "Panelli" / Jérôme Cavalli had just stopped its smoke trail.

This Morane-Saulnier was already seen at Marcel Doret's take-off :

Unidentified Aircraft

Farman F.190

James Obarth (really : Clement Joseph Sohn usually named Clem Sohn (born in Lansing, UK on 7 December 1910 – Vincennes, France on 25 April 1937)) is jumping from the Farman 190 c/n 25 F-AJFN. He was gliding through the air with a home-made wingsuit opening his parachute for the final descent at only 300 metres (980 ft) to 250 metres (820 ft). This sad day, his parachute failed to open and despite he tug on the ripcord of his emergency chute, but that failed too.

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See also

• Le journal tombe à cinq heures at IMDb
• Le journal tombe à cinq heures at French Wikipedia
• Le journal tombe à cinq heures at IMCDb