The Saucer on Show

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1567

Date Released

15 Jun 1959

Date submitted

12 Jun 1959

Stories in this Issue:

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Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 3

Summary

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 man-carrying craft, built by Saunders-Roe, called the SRN1. It is a British idea, designed and developed in Britain. Seen here is the inventor of the Hovercraft, Mr Cockerell and designer, Mr Stanton-Jones, while Test Pilot Peter Lamb takes the machine onto water for the first time. SHOTLIST: GV Hovercraft (key & title). MS Hovercraft. BS same. CU rear rudder. Another same. FS control cabin. Longer shot - Hovercraft moves. Closer same. MS same. CU same above ground. Lower angle same. BS same. Longer same. SS same. CU Mr Cockerell (Inventor). CU Mr Stanton-Jones (Designer). CU Pilot (Peter Lamb). LS Hovercraft - ‘Queen Mary’ in b/g. MS spectator with telescope. MS Hovercraft moving along water.

Keywords

Vehicles; Science and technology; Inventions and discoveries

Locations

Isle of Wight

Card file number

77393

Credits:

Commentator: Geoffrey Sumner
Camera: Norman Fisher
Camera: Samuelson

Length of story (in feet)

101

Story extras:

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