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Hovercraft Rally

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
5 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Hovercraft Rally. DESCRIPTION: Members of the Hover Club of Great Britain compete for the National Hovercraft Championship at Sherborne Castle, Dorset. SHOTLIST: CU rotor blades on hovercraft, man removes safety mesh. SV ditto. SV shot through engine compartments, people around hovercraft. SV man using electric drill. CU man’s face. SV man working on hovercraft. CU impellor blades turning. SV hovercraft with man kneeling on it starting to hover. GV hovercraft’s engine running. SV impellor running. CU silencer. SV pan massed start to No 75 (only not visible). TS from hovercraft across land and onto water. SV pan hovercraft rushes past (No 07). SV pan another No 89, across road and into water. SV ditto No 73. LV pan hovercraft across lake. SV pan 4 hovercrafts across lake. SV pan round obstacle course. SV No 89 on lake. SV ditto across lake. TS from hovercraft across lake. SV pilot in hovercraft. TS hovercraft across lake. CU man operating throttle. 9 SVs pan hovercraft cross grass. Pan another ditto, two people watching. Pan No 09 across lake, pan another past camera. Pan hovercraft off water and onto grass. Pan skirt of hovercraft No 86 pan to BV. Pan hovercraft along water, another ditto, along grass, TS as it rides along grass, SL pan 2 hovercrafts along grass. Hovercraft along grass. SV pan ditto. SV man waving chequered flag. SV front of hovercraft sinking off skirt.
Keywords
Vehicles; Transport
Locations
Dorset; Sherborne Castle
Footage sources
Movietone
Card file number
99389A
Credits:
Commentator
Leonard Martin
Length of story (in feet)
147
Story extras:

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