A Plane of the Future

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1596

Date Released

4 Jan 1960

Date submitted

30 Dec 1959

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Plane of the Future. DESCRIPTION: Dr Barnes Wallis (designer of the dam-busting bomb) offers an alternative to vertical take-off for the super-sonic plane of the future. Mr Wallis aims at Swallows (as the aircraft’s named) flying non-stop to Australia, for instance, in five hours. SHOTLIST: CU model of plane. MS Dr Barnes Wallis talking about plane. CU same (sound). CU cockpit. MS wings folding back. CU engine moving and wings tilting. MS Dr Barnes Wallis shows how aircraft steers. CU engine. MS front view of aircraft wings brought forward.

Keywords

Aviation; Science and technology

Locations

England

Card file number

78983

Credits:

Commentator: Geoffrey Sumner
Camera: Norman Fisher
Soundman: Reginald C. Sutton
Commentator: Reginald C. Sutton

Length of story (in feet)

110

Story extras:

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