Ride an Air-Cushion

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1725

Date Released

25 Jun 1962

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Ride an Air-Cushion
2. 2Across the Pond
3. 3Top of the Ladder
4. 4On Wheels and Wings
5. 5Risky Rock and Roll

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Ride An Air-Cushion. DESCRIPTION: It’s the Westland SRN2 again for the first public demonstration over the Solent. Mr Peter Lamb, Chief Test Pilot for Saunders Roe was at the controls, and it wasn’t long before the latest Hoverbus was bidding up to 60 miles an hour. She can carry up to 66 passengers, and the verdict, a very comfortable ride, with no more than slight pitch and roll. A number of American Naval experts were on this trip. So was the hovercraft’s designer. SHOTLIST: Hovercraft. MLS hovercraft takes off. MS hovercraft on the Solent. CU pan man at controls. People in hovercraft. MS the hovercraft comes off water onto land. MS hovercraft off land onto water. This is the SRN2 Westland Hovercraft.

Keywords

Vehicles; Transport

Locations

Southampton; Solent

Footage sources

Movietone

Card file number

84562

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

129

Story extras:

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