Setback before Success

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1795A
Date Released
31 Oct 1963
Date submitted
25 Oct 1963
Date Other
Oct 1963
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Race against Time
  2. 2Sorting at Speed
  3. 3Bluebelle from Brighton
  4. 4The Housewife and the Centurion
  5. 5Setback before Success

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Setback Before Success. DESCRIPTION: The test flight crash of the BAC One Eleven was a tragic prelude to the preview soon afterwards, of another new aircraft - the Concorde, powered by four Bristol Olympus Turbo Jet engines. A military version of the same engine has also been chosen for that dramatic aircraft of tomorrow the TSR2. SHOTLIST: Key scene. TS aerial shot of crashed BAC 111. CU model of Anglo-French Concorde. CU same. CU nose of same. ES nose of mock-up Concorde. GV mock-up Concorde. GV interior - seats inside Concorde and two girls sitting down. CU girl. GV interior - 1st class seat and couple sit down. MS woman operating reclining seat. ES exterior - protective window cover operating. MCU interior - same. GV Olympus engine. CU sign Olympus. CU engine. TS model of TSR2. CU same revolving. CU French model of Concorde. GV experimental control room. CU experimental model. MS man at control panel. CU model in wind tunnel. MCU man operating wind tunnel apparatus. CU model inside tunnel showing shock waves at Mach 1. CU same at Mach 2. GV heat rays on tail plane. CU same. MS same. GV same. CU rocket ready for blast off. CU model on nose of same. GV rocket blasts off. LS rocket (2 shots). CU model of Concorde. The BAC 111 crashed on Lords Hill, near Hinton, Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire.
Keywords
Aviation; Accidents and disasters
Locations
France; Bristol; Wiltshire; Chalais-Meudon
Footage sources
France
Movietone
Card file number
87429
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
260
Story extras:
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