Travel by Turbine

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1742

Date Released

22 Oct 1962

Date Other

Oct 1962

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1King of Norway’s Visit
2. 2Horsepower Without Horses
3. 3Travel by Turbine
4. 4Up by Parachute!
5. 5Wallop and Wine
6. 6Navy Packs a Punch

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Travel By Turbine. DESCRIPTION: Talking of horsepower, you’ve never driven a car like this. It travelled right across America, powered by an experimental gas-turbine. There’s push-button gear-selection and the car runs on almost any kind of fuel that’ll flow through a pipe. SHOTLIST: Key scene. MCU gas turbine car. CU map on side of car. CU engine. MS man into car. CU speedometer. CU gear change lever. GV car (2 shots) interior car, (tracking shot) car down road. Not Rover.

Keywords

Vehicles

Locations

London; Kew Gardens

Footage sources

Movietone

Card file number

85336

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

63

Story extras:

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