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  1. Flight On A Cushion

    Date released
    1959
    Series name
    Look At Life
    Issue no
    21
    NoS ID
    349645
    Story no
    1 / 1

    BFI synopsis: Looks at the hovercraft. On-screen participants include Christopher Sydney Cockerell, inventor of the hovercraft, and Peter Lamb, test pilot for the hovercraft.

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  2. So They All Hover Now

    Date released
    1962
    Series name
    Look At Life
    Issue no
    182
    NoS ID
    349806
    Story no
    1 / 1

    BFI synopsis: The continuing development of the hovercraft with Sir Christopher Cockerell and Don Robertson, an amateur developer.

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  3. Hovercraft - Research Gives Big Lift

    Date released
    29 Jul 1965
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1886A
    NoS ID
    026088
    Story no
    4 / 5

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Hovercraft Research Gives Big Lift. DESCRIPTION: Pictures show one of the most valuable hovercraft ever built. It is the main research vehicle used in hovercraft development, a company...

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  4. (Untitled record)

    Date released
    31 Jul 1969
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    69/62
    NoS ID
    113678
    Story no
    2 / 4
    Extras
    1 film clip

    It’s ten years since the first Hovercraft crossing of the English Channel. It’s been a decade of fantastic progress. On the anniversary of that first crossing, Sir Christopher Cockerell - Hovercraft...

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  5. The Saucer on Show

    Date released
    15 Jun 1959
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1567
    NoS ID
    023069
    Story no
    2 / 3

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: ‘Hovercraft’ the Saucer on Show - Srn1. DESCRIPTION: Following our first pictures of the Hovercraft, we now give a close-up of this intriguing machine: it’s an experimental...

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  6. Hovershow ‘66

    Date released
    20 Jun 1966
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1933
    NoS ID
    026478
    Story no
    1 / 3

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Hovershow ‘66. DESCRIPTION: The first ever Exhibition of Hovercraft held in Gosport. A full range of models demonstrate both Civil and Military uses of these revolutionary transport...

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  7. Another Channel Crossing

    Date released
    30 Jul 1959
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1573A
    NoS ID
    023143
    Story no
    5 / 6

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Another Channel Crossing Srn1. DESCRIPTION: The first Channel crossing by Hovercraft coincided with the Bleriot celebrations. The Saunders Roe machine made the trip from Calais to Dover...

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  8. New Hovercraft

    Date released
    8 Oct 1973
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    2314
    NoS ID
    030077
    Story no
    2 / 6

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: New Hovercraft - Colour. DESCRIPTION: The British Hovercraft Corporation launches a new hovercraft, at Cowes IOW. SHOTLIST: GV BV new hovercraft on tarmac. CU numbers SRN6 Mk6. GV new...

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  9. Rac Trophy

    Date released
    1 Jan 1970
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    2117A
    NoS ID
    028134
    Story no
    3 / 4

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: RAC Diamond Trophy. DESCRIPTION: The Royal Automobile Club’s Diamond Jubilee Trophy - leading award for achievements in transport - is presented to the designers and builders of the...

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  10. News in Colour: Giant in a Maxi-Skirt

    Date released
    5 Aug 1968
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    2044
    NoS ID
    027485
    Story no
    3 / 3

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Srn4 Hovercraft (Colour). DESCRIPTION: The first Hovercraft of its type in the World - and the world’s biggest - opens a new chapter in Air Cushion Transport. We join Princess...

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