Giant in Skirts

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2022

Date Released

4 Mar 1968

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

6 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Giant in Skirts. DESCRIPTION: SRN4., the largest Hovercraft in the world, takes to her element at Cowes, Isle of Wight. Two have already been ordered for Cross Channel Ferry Service. SHOTLIST: GV looking across water at SRN4 Hovercraft. MS engines working. LAS ditto. MS model of SRN4 pan to hovercraft on slip way. LS skirt on hovercraft lifted. CU ditto, pan up to name SRN4. GV hovercraft on slipway. MS engine working - steering mechanism on engine being operated. GV Hovercraft down slipway. CU engine working. GV Hovercraft in water. CU skirt in water. GV Hovercraft on trials at sea.

Keywords

Vehicles; Transport

Locations

Isle of Wight; England; Cowes

Card file number

93279

Credits:

Commentator: Leslie Mitchell
Camera: Ronald E. Collins

Length of story (in feet)

125

Story extras:

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