Learning on ScreenThe Sound of Tomorrow
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 3 / 4
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Sound of Tomorrow. DESCRIPTION: The RAF give a demonstration of annoyance value to representatives of the government and of airlines at home and overseas. They demonstrated the noise of a Comet as it flies low. The sound of tomorrow is concerned with the Supersonic airliner. Planes like the Concorde, which will fly three times faster than the aircraft of today. At supersonic speeds Concordes will build up a pressure wave, this will give rise to the Sonic Bang. SHOTLIST: LS pan jet passing over houses. LS pan ditto. MS woman closing window. MS noise aerials in background. MS pan down aerial. MS airline and government representatives. CU coloured man. CU government representative. MS 3 RAF officers. LS pan Comet passing over. CU sound measuring machine and operator. CU noise meter. CU Mr Jenkins. MCU Mr Jenkins with other officials. MS pan Comet passing over. CU Concorde model. CU ditto. CU screen of noise machine. GV village street. GV fields pan to noise operator in glasshouse. MS family place hands over their ears. CU noise meter. MS noise machine operator in glasshouse. CU Concorde model.
- Keywords
- Aviation; Science and technology; Military
- Locations
- Croydon
- Card file number
- 89618
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 144
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