Concorde Test Rig

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

2 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Concorde Test Rig. DESCRIPTION: At the British Aircraft Establishment, a ten million pound test rig has been built to test Concorde’s structure. The aircraft will be subjected to extremes of heat and cold which simulate supersonic flight. SHOTLIST: HAS interior workshop pan to GV test rig. HAS pan Concorde under pipe ducting. MS pan up ditto. MCU door opened in fuselage to show man working inside. 2 shots model of completed test rig. MCU pan up girls sitting at computer recording room. CU control light panel. 3 shots plane & test rig under construction.

Keywords

Aviation; Science and technology; Industry and manufacture

Locations

Farnborough; United Kingdom

Card file number

96761

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

77

Story extras:

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