Hovercraft for the States

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1811

Date Released

17 Feb 1964

Date submitted

11 Feb 1964

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1How to Keep Them Quiet
2. 2The Snow Makers
3. 3Hovercraft for the States
4. 4Cyprus - Bone of Contention
5. 5Lightning Lover!

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Hovercraft for the States. DESCRIPTION: The VA3 Hovercraft is in the news again following an agreement between Vickers and an American company. The VA3 is off to the States at the end of the month for development tests and to show the Americans how the hovercraft principle really works. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV Vickers Armstrong 3 (VA3) Hovercraft lifts up on beach. GV pan VA3 into water. GV same along water. MCU driver and co-driver. CU driver. MCU passenger. CU 2 passengers. GV VA3 along water. LS same.

Keywords

Vehicles; Transport; Business and commerce; Science and technology

Locations

Southampton

Card file number

87908

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Camera

Mark McDonald

Length of story (in feet)

95

Story extras:

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