Hover Headlines

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2004
Date Released
30 Oct 1967
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Royal Graduate
  2. 2Walk Tall
  3. 3Whizz-Bang!
  4. 4I’ll Blow Your House Down
  5. 5Sweet and Hot
  6. 6Hover Headlines

Story

Story No. within this Issue
6 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Hover Headlines. DESCRIPTION: The world’s largest Hovercraft, to carry 250 passengers and 30 cars on Channel-crossings - rolls out on the Isle of Wight for first public showing. Probably the world’s smallest Hovercraft, is demonstrated at Peterborough, where it’s being developed as the latest Status-symbol Toy. SHOTLIST: MS Geoffrey Halden putting fuel into Hovercraft engine (small one). CU ditto. MS Mr Halden’s son gets onto hovercraft. CU as Mr Halden starts engine. MLS children driving hovercraft in street. CU steering mechanism at rear of hovercraft. CU boy at controls of hovercraft. CU steering mechanism. MS children past on hovercrafts. CU other children watching. MS children along street on hovercraft. CU children watching. MS pan children past on hovercrafts. MCU children watching. MS children past on hovercraft. GV Cowes - Isle of Wight. LS SRN4 hovercraft in British Hovercraft Corporation hangar at Cowes. CU name SRN4 on side of hovercraft. MLS men winching hovercraft out of hangar. LS ditto. LS one of gas turbine engines on hovercraft. GV hovercraft being winched out of hangar. MS people watching. GV SRN4 hovercraft being winched out of hangar. MS men operating winches. Another of the gas turbine engines. CU Rolls Royce sign on hovercraft. GV the SRN4 out of hangar showing cargo entrance. LS ditto. TS crowds watching. GV the SRN4 showing cargo entrance. Pan up another gas turbine engine. LS looking along side of hovercraft. GV the SRN6 pan to SRN4 outside hangar. GV the SRN4 outside the hangar.
Keywords
Entertainment and leisure; Vehicles; Transport; Business and commerce; Inventions and discoveries
Locations
Isle of Wight; England
Card file number
92917
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Norman Fisher
Camera
Ronald E. Collins
Length of story (in feet)
183
Story extras:
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