Another Channel Crossing

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1573A

Date Released

30 Jul 1959

Date submitted

27 Jul 1959

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Glorious Goodwood
2. 2Nixon and Khrushchev
3. 3Water Skiing Champs
4. 4Fifty Years After
5. 5Another Channel Crossing
6. 6Chimps Get Hot

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 6

Summary

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 in a little over 2 hours. The Inventor and a colleague acted as human ballast to compensate for extra fuel. Saunders Roe Chief Test Pilot Peter Lamb gave a comment. SHOTLIST: CU Hovercraft (key & title). LS Hovercraft above water. Closer same. Closer showing inventor and engineer acting as ballast. Crowds wave. FS Hovercraft leaves the water and goes up beach. Same - crowds look on. GV crowds around Hovercraft. MS Test Pilot - Peter Lamb. Same talking (sound).

Keywords

Vehicles; Science and technology; Inventions and discoveries

Locations

France; England

Footage sources

France

Card file number

77764

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

84

Story extras:

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