Rolls Royce Collapse

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2175

Date Released

8 Feb 1971

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Rolls Royce Collapse
2. 2Concorde Test Rig
3. 3French Buses
4. 4Stones & Bridges
5. 5Surf Master
6. 6Barefoot Skiing

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Rolls Royce Collapse. DESCRIPTION: The collapse of the Rolls Royce Company causes a furore at home and abroad. As well as thousands of jobs, the future of their famous engines are in jeopardy - including those which power the Concorde supersonic airliner. SHOTLIST: GV Rolls Royce building. SV Rolls engine on sling with mechanics working. CU ditto. SV & CU mechanic adjusting prop. shaft. LV lowering engine onto test bed. CU pan engine. SV huge engine being lowered. SV pan Concorde flying past camera.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Aviation; Business and commerce; Industry and manufacture

Locations

Derby; Farnborough; United Kingdom

Footage sources

Library

Card file number

96745A

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

56

Story extras:

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