The Business That Always Goes Up!

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1814A

Date Released

12 Mar 1964

Date submitted

10 Mar 1964

Date Other

Feb 1964

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Congratulations, Your Majesty
2. 2Rugby - Wales Lead for Championship
3. 3Home for the Redcaps
4. 4The Business That Always Goes Up!
5. 5Ready for the National

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Riding the Thermals. DESCRIPTION: It’s nearly thirty years since Fred Slingsby opened up in the village of Kirbymoorside, Yorkshire to build a reputation for making the finest high performance gliders in the world. His latest model is the Dart T51, and its expected to be a world beater. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV interior factory. CU sign Slimsby Sailplanes Ltd. MS men working on wing sections of glider. CU same. MS men working on fuselage section. CU man spreading glue. CU man putting template in place. CU perspex sheet comes out of hot press. CU same in place on mould. CU jig holding perspex in place while it sets. CU jig being removed. CU workman. CU perspex canopy removed from mould. CU canopy being inspected. CU joystick being tested. CU aerious [sic] moving up and down. CU air brakes moving. CU rudder assembling moving. CU glider in field. CU name Dart on rudder. MS man into cockpit. CU same fitting safety belt. CU same checking controls. CU same closes cockpit corner. CU glider takes off. CU same hovering (3 shots). CU same breaks away into roll. LAS glider stunt flying. CU same flying. The glider is the new T51 called Dart.

Keywords

Aviation; Business and commerce; Industry and manufacture

Locations

Yorkshire; Lasham; Kirbymoorside

Card file number

87951

Credits:

Camera

Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw

Camera

Keith Josephs

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

185

Story extras:

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