Light as Air

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1923A
Date Released
14 Apr 1966
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Motor Racing - Track and the Table Top
  2. 2A Terrible Beauty is Born
  3. 3Anarchy in the Square
  4. 4Light as Air

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Light As Air. DESCRIPTION: Experiments made at RAF Cardington, where they’ve been working on air and its inflationary qualities since the days of the airship. Also the R101 which was Britain’s last airship in 1930 leaving on her last flight before crashing. SHOTLIST: Key scene. MS man pushing small trolley converted into small cushion craft. CU pan air cushion expanding side walls. MS ditto. MS craft rising on air cushion. MCU technician. MS side walls drawn back in. GV hangar at RAF Cardington. Slip pan. GV the R101 airship at Cardington in 1930. LS ditto. MS ditto. Slip pan. GV hover balloon. MS interior hover balloon carrying lorry. MS balloon moves over ground. MS balloon moves over water. CU pan hose fitted into two rollers. MS man fastening straps to shoulders. CU hand turning tap of compressed air cylinders. CU hose. CU rollers as compressed air is fed along hose. Pan up as compressed air forces man to rise. MS small package containing hovercraft. MS hovercraft inflated. CU ditto. MS pan to go-cart engines mounted in hovercraft. MS fins mounted on hovercraft. CU name Krafty Kushion. MS new machine hovercraft moves off. CU driver. MS hovercraft runs over man who gets up when hovercraft has past over him.
Keywords
Vehicles; Aviation; Transport; Military
Locations
RAF Cardington
Footage sources
Library
Card file number
90960
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Norman Fisher
Length of story (in feet)
230
Story extras:
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