In the Air
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 1 / 5
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: In the Air. DESCRIPTION: Three new aircraft for the RAF from Hawker Siddeley - the Harrier VTOL fighter, the Buccaneer low level strike bomber and the Nimrod maritime reconnaissance jet put through their paces. We see the three aircraft on the ground and in flight. SHOTLIST: LAS Nimrod being taken from hangar. 2 MS showing wing of ditto and Buccaneer being taken from hangar. LAS MCU rockets of ditto. BS Harrier being taken from hangar, elevated shot of all 3 planes on the tarmac. 2 MCUs Air Officials & photographer. GV pan Harrier takes off and flies overhead. 2 A to A shots of Harrier. G to A Harrier flies overhead. G to A Harrier lands. GV pan Nimrod takes off. 2 A to A shots of Nimrod and Buccaneer. G to A ditto flies overhead. MS spectators looking up. 3 A to A shots of all three planes together.
- Keywords
- Mass media; Displays; Aviation; Military
- Locations
- United Kingdom; Hatfield
- Card file number
- 95532
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Camera
- Norman Fisher
- Length of story (in feet)
- 164
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