New Hovercraft

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2314

Date Released

8 Oct 1973

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Royal Wedding Stamps
2. 2New Hovercraft
3. 3Business Efficiency Exhibition
4. 4Men’s Fashions
5. 5Carnaby Street - New Look
6. 6Six Months on a Tight Rope

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: New Hovercraft - Colour. DESCRIPTION: The British Hovercraft Corporation launches a new hovercraft, at Cowes IOW. SHOTLIST: GV BV new hovercraft on tarmac. CU numbers SRN6 Mk6. GV new hovercraft on tarmac. AS propeller on hovercraft. GV hovercraft on tarmac. SCU skirt of hovercraft deflated. SV pushing propeller blades, rotating. SV crowd. SCU pushing engines running. SV hovercraft inflated. CU skirt zoom out to BV hovercraft fully inflated moving off. GV pan hovercraft into water. SV pan hovercraft at speed pan to BV. TS hovercraft SRN6 Mk6 at speed. CU Sir Christopher Cockerell (inventor of hovercraft). SV hovercraft in water. CU side of hovercraft. GV pan hovercraft at speed.

Keywords

Vehicles; Transport; Launchings

Locations

Isle of Wight; Cowes; Solent

Card file number

99396

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Camera

Norman Fisher

Camera

Stan Goozee

Length of story (in feet)

98

Story extras:

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