The Farnborough Show

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1318A

Date Released

9 Sep 1954

Date submitted

7 Sep 1954

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1More Power for Canada
2. 2Vintage Car Rally
3. 3Children’s Art
4. 4Hurricane!
5. 5The Farnborough Show

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Farnborough Air Show. DESCRIPTION: The fifteenth display by the Society of British Aircraft Constructors has proved once again that British design and construction is second to none. At Farnborough, many new types of aircraft can be seen showing their paces. SHOTLIST: Various shots of Farnborough showing the following aircraft:-. Gloucester Javelin Fighter. Blackburn Beverly. Avro Vulcan. Folland Midge. Shaw Chirpa?. Canberra MK8. Hawker Hunters. Vickers 525. Swift. Helicopters. Comets 1 & 2. Bristol 173 Helicopter. De Havilland Heron. Meteor. . Jet Provost. De Havilland 110 Fighter. Fairey Delta.

Keywords

Aviation; Exhibitions and shows

Locations

Farnborough

Footage sources

De Havilland

Card file number

61790

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Camera

Norman Fisher

Camera

Peter Brown

Length of story (in feet)

360

Story extras:

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