Learning on ScreenHover Giants
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 3 / 5
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Hover Giants. DESCRIPTION: The bigger the hovercraft, the greater its efficiency. At Cowes on the Isle of Wight, Westlands are building the Giant SRN4 ferry. Demonstrated near Manchester the Giant in a Mini-skirt, the world’s first hovercraft transporter, built to carry loads such as hugh transformers. SHOTLIST: GV Westland’s factory in Isle of Wight. GV interior factory, the SRN4 Hovercraft under construction. MS men working on hovercraft. CU plan of hovercraft. MS men working on hovercraft. CU men drilling holes in part of hovercraft. GV SRN4 under construction. GV men working on SRN4 LS ditto. MS ditto (x2). LS SRN4 under construction. CU model of SRN4. CU ditto. GV air cushion transporter carrying 50 ton transformer. MCU sign AEI Transformer. MS flexible skirting dropped into position. MCU man at controls. MS pan air cushion transporter. Pan ditto. CU dials inside cab. MS air cushions transporter moves off. MCU man at controls of transporter. MCU flexible skirt moving. MS man inspecting air cushions assembly. MS air cushion transporter moving.
- Keywords
- Vehicles; Transport; Business and commerce; Industry and manufacture
- Locations
- Manchester; Isle of Wight; England
- Card file number
- 92071
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Camera
- Norman Fisher
- Length of story (in feet)
- 146
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