Colour Special: Trident III

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2185

Date Released

19 Apr 1971

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 5

Section Title

Colour Special

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Trident III - Colour. DESCRIPTION: A Symbol of the Seventies....Its the sleek and elegant Trident III - now ready to service the high density air routes of Europe. In this colour special Movietone joins a BEA jet on a proving flight to the Spanish Island of Majorca. Powered by Rolls Royce, built by Hawker Siddeley, the new jet joins the highly successful Tridents I and II now in service. SHOTLIST: LV pan Trident taxiing. GV interior passengers seated. Shot though window as Trident gathers speed for take off. SV interior cockpit crew at controls. LV air to air Trident through clouds. Aerial view of Pyrenees. GV interior hostess serving food to passengers. SCU passengers eating. LV air to air Trident. TV ditto over coastline. SV nose of ditto as wheels come down. CU captain. Aerial view dry plains of Palma Majorca. Shot through window as plane starts to land. LV pan Trident lands. SV crew member. GV Trident on tarmac and mechanics officials etc. Angle shot tailplane. SV passengers disembark. SV towards ditto. GV Trident with passengers disembarking. SV captain speaking to mechanic. SV mechanic making engine checks. SV crew talking. LV wide angle - passengers re-embarking. SV towards ditto. SCU BV ditto. Shot through window as plane speeds along runway. SV man adjusts sun visor on window. SCU air to air - wheels retract - pan up to nose of Trident. LV A to A Trident above clouds. SV pilot. Aerial view of coastline. SCU pan food being served to passenger. Aerial view - Trident flies away into sunset.

Keywords

Aviation

Locations

London; United Kingdom; Spain; London Heathrow Airport; Majorca

Card file number

96844

Credits:

Commentator: Leslie Mitchell
Camera: Norman Fisher
Camera: Reginald William Smith

Length of story (in feet)

216

Story extras:

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