Foretaste of Farnborough

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1474
Date Released
2 Sep 1957
Date submitted
28 Aug 1957
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Stirling Moss - Record Breaker
  2. 2Miss Great Britain
  3. 3Foretaste of Farnborough
  4. 4New Altitude Record
  5. 5Sadruddin & Nina Wed
  6. 6Skiing - No Snow
  7. 7Frozen Fur Fashions
  8. *Southport Flower Show

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 7
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Fleet Air Arm Rehearsal for Farnborough. DESCRIPTION: This year, the Fleet Air Arm is taking part in the famous Farnborough Air Show for the first. And Seahawks give a foretaste of that great event. Whirlwind helicopters of the Royal Navy demonstrated the amazing way they handle, by performing a dance, at a helicopter hop. Another smart performance was by Naval helicopter given at Lee-On-Solent. It was the first display of bridge building by these machines. SHOTLIST: No shot list.
Keywords
Entertainment and leisure; Aviation; Navy; Military; Exhibitions and shows
Locations
Lee-on-the-Solent; Ford
Card file number
71549
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Camera
Norman Fisher
Length of story (in feet)
131
Story extras:
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