Gas Turbine Engine Testing

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2312

Date Released

25 Sep 1973

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Start of Six Day Cycle Race
2. 2Team with 17 Horses
3. 3Gas Turbine Engine Testing
4. 4Safety in Fireworks
5. 5Hovercraft Rally
6. 6News in Colour: Children’s Art Exhibition

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Gas Turbine Engine Testing. DESCRIPTION: Opened by Lord Carrington, the Rolls-Royce Industrial and Marine Division new Gas Turbine test facility at Ansty, near Coventry. SHOTLIST: GV Rolls Royce main entrance. SV new gas turbine. CU nameplate Inner Port Engine Rolls Royce Olympus TM 3B 28,000 hp. SV press conference. SV crowd. SV man at desk. SV gas turbine rotor rotating. SV gas turbine. SV control panel. SLV HMS Exmouth in calm water (first gas turbine warship). CU name Exmouth. SV crew members on bridge. SV pan engine room. SV gas turbine in engine room. SV turbine running. SV HMS Exmouth at speed. CU control panel. CU single lever to control speed of turbine, hand moves it forward. SV turbine’s rotor rotating. SV HMS Exmouth making a wash.

Keywords

Politics and government; Science and technology; Industry and manufacture

Locations

Coventry

Card file number

99363

Credits:

Camera

Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw

Commentator

Leonard Martin

Length of story (in feet)

98

Story extras:

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