A Plane of the Future
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
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:
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- Commentator
- Geoffrey Sumner
- Camera
- Norman Fisher
- Soundman
- Reginald C. Sutton
- Commentator
- Reginald C. Sutton
- Length of story (in feet)
- 110
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