Hover Rail Test Track

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2134A
Date Released
30 Apr 1970
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Hover Rail Test Track
  2. 2Child Drivers
  3. 3In the Swim
  4. 4Motor Racing

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Hovertrain. DESCRIPTION: Possibly Britain’s transport of the future - the Hovertrain. Engineers are building a test track in Cambridgeshire where speeds of 250 mph may be reached. If Hovertrains were brought into service you could go from London to Glasgow in two hours. SHOTLIST: Pan down monorail in France. VIP in cockpit. Angle shot, engine. LV pan monorail travelling. CU man at controls, SV towards monorail. TV pan up train along rail. GV pan new monorail track built. SV man working on section. CU pan down section of rail. GV pan moving gantry carries section. CU pan ditto. SV ditto. GV gantry and beam. SV open end of section. CU ditto. GV French monorail in action (5 shots).
Keywords
Railways; Transport; Engineering
Locations
Cambridgeshire
Card file number
95874
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
101
Story extras:
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