Blunderbuss
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 4 / 5
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Blunderbuss. DESCRIPTION: The name of a fifty-foot long ear trumpet that simulates the sonic bangs of Concorde. SHOTLIST: Zoom out along inside Blunderbuss Tube. MLS scientist walks to tube. CU scientist adjusting transducer. CU scientist. MS scientist adjusting Polaroid camera. CU ditto. CU plastic diaphragm being inserted beyond narrow end of cone. MS scientist signals to start experiment. CU another technician turns to turn on air. CU technician turns on air tap. CU camera shutter opened. CU air pressure dial rises as pressure builds up - then drops suddenly as diaphragm breaks. CU camera adjusted after taking picture of sonic signal. CU back of camera removed to show picture of sonic signal. MCU another plastic diaphragm placed in position. CU ditto. MLS scientist signals to start experiment. CU technician turns on air. GV the Blunderbuss Tube as diaphragm breaks to cause sonic boom. MCU pictures of sonic signals taken by camera. CU ditto. Zoom in along inside Blunderbuss Tube.
- Keywords
- Mass media; Science and technology
- Locations
- England; Farnborough
- Card file number
- 93107
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Camera
- Ronald E. Collins
- Length of story (in feet)
- 128
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