Hovercraft’s Great Show

Series

Series Name

Pathe News

Issue

Issue No.

66/49

Date Released

19 Jun 1966

Stories in this Issue:

1. 13,000 Riot in Amsterdam
2. 2Hovercraft’s Great Show
3. 3Their Fair Ladies

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 3

Summary

The Hovercraft - a British invention and a new key to 20th Century transport. This is what British technology demonstrated to important overseas observers when a mass display of the craft impressively showed its abilities as a civil and military vehicle.

Keywords

Vehicles; Transport

Locations

Solent

Credits:

Camera

George Young

Camera

S. M. F. Plummer

Length of story (in feet)

199

Story extras:

Film clip

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Web

https://www.britishpathe.com/

Phone

0207 665 8340

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Notes

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