Hovershow ‘66

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1933
Date Released
20 Jun 1966
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Hovershow ‘66
  2. 2The Reverend Mr Smith
  3. 3Those Free Falling Falcons

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 3
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Hovershow ‘66. DESCRIPTION: The first ever Exhibition of Hovercraft held in Gosport. A full range of models demonstrate both Civil and Military uses of these revolutionary transport vehicles. SHOTLIST: Key Scene. Aerial shot - group of 4 hovercraft passing over water. TS troop carrying SRN5. Aerial shot - firefighter hovercraft. Aerial shot - troop carrier and firefighter. BS ditto. GV group of 4 hovercraft. Slip pan. CU Christopher Cockerell. MS pan - CC5 hovercraft. CU Christopher Cockerell. Slip pan. Aerial shot - troop carrier and firefighter, past. GV pan - 4 hovercraft passing over water. MCU Earl Mountbatten sitting in hovercraft. MCU ditto. MCU Earl Mountbatten gets out of hovercraft. CU model of SRN5. CU ditto. LS hover firefighter spraying water. MLS representatives looking at hovercraft demonstrations. MCU ditto. MCU ditto. MS SRN5 lands on the beach. MLS troops disembark from hovercraft. MS soldiers. GV bomb goes off. MS the CC5 six seater. MS the SRN3 lands on beach. MCU ditto. MCU representatives looking. GV Land Rover disembarks from SRN3. GV troops march into hovercraft. MCU representatives looking. GV SRN5 lands on beach. MS SRN5 past.
Keywords
Vehicles; Transport; Exhibitions and shows
Locations
Gosport
Footage sources
Library
Card file number
91242
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Camera
Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Length of story (in feet)
230
Story extras:
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