Freight Hovercraft

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2299

Date Released

25 Jun 1973

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Royal Highland Show
2. 2Freight Hovercraft
3. 3Channel Tunnel
4. 4News in Colour: Order of the Garter
5. *Cork Film International

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Freight Hovercraft - Colour. DESCRIPTION: The new Avon amphibious freight hovercraft on trials at Gosport. SHOTLIST: GV the Avon EM2 Freight Hovercraft sitting on beach. LV showing two engines and freight compartment in centre. CU engine. SVC looking along freight section. GV visitors inspecting the ME2. SV pan people looking at engine. SV front of hovercraft. SV closing flap to freight section. SV cabin. CU engine starting. LV engines revving ready to move. GV hovercraft moves slowly away. CU coloured man watching. SV towards pan hovercraft moving over beach. BV as it goes down beach into sea. SV people watching. SV pan hovercraft coming out of sea onto beach, pan to BV.

Keywords

Vehicles; Transport

Locations

Gosport

Card file number

99188

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Camera

Norman Fisher

Length of story (in feet)

128

Story extras:

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