Hovershow ‘66

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1933

Date Released

20 Jun 1966

Stories in this Issue:

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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