Learning on ScreenAll Colour Reel: Farnborough Air Show
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- All Colour Reel
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- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Farnborough Air Show Colour. DESCRIPTION: The First Fully International Farnborough Air Show - with exhibits from ten countries. The American SR 71 Blackbird lands after flying the Atlantic in 1 hour, 55 minutes - contrasting with film from Movietone Archives of Lindbergh’s Transatlantic Flight in 1927. Flying High, British Aircraft Manufacturers have received orders valued £150 million, at this the greatest shop window of the Aerospace Industry. SHOTLIST: GV Concorde flying over Farnborough Airfield and crowds. SV pan Concorde flying past over airfield. GAV flying over Farnborough Airfield. SV pan American SR 71 Blackbird over head. Air V over Farnborough and planes on airfield. SV pan SR 71 landing pan to back view as plane releases braking parachute (touches down). SV Batman. SV SR 71 taxiing into parking bay. LV Spirit of St. Louis Lindbergh’s plane taking off from New York in mist (1927). SV Air to Air Lindbergh and wife standing alongside Spirit of St. Louis. SV 2 pilots Major James Sullivan and Major Noel Widdifield coming down from plane (in astronaut space suits). SV cameraman. CU pan 2 pilots with wives (from Major Widdifield and wife to Major Sullivan & wife). GV SR 71 surrounded by press and VIPs. GV air to air 3 Fokkers (Fokker VFW 614, Fokker F 28). SV pan ground to air 3 Fokkers fly past over airfield. SV Short Bros Skyliner in flight, ditto CU nose Skyliner, ditto SV Skyliner. LV Trislander and Islander taxiing out for take off. GV Trislander takes off and climbs. SV G to Air Islander doing aerobatics. SV air to air F15 in flight. CU air to air nose F15 and pilots in cockpit. SV air to air F15 banking away. LV Brittain Norman Defender on show. SV Defence Minister of Oman looking at Defender (buyer of £45m of Jaguars). LV Minister of Oman with wife looking at armaments. LV pan RAF Jaguar on show surrounded by bombs and missiles. ? bombs in front of Jaguar. LV large missiles alongside Jaguar. RAF Jaguar takes off from start down runway. GV Jaguar takes off and climbs. SV pan Jaguar flies past at speed rolls over to upside down position. LV Jaguar rights itself. SV air to air Jaguar in flight. CU ditto showing pilots in cockpit. STV ditto Jaguar showing vapour trails from wing tips. CU cockpit of Jaguar. SV Jaguar banking away with vapour trails. SV pan G to Air Jaguar flies past at speed, rolls over crowd watching. LV Hawker-Siddeley Hawk taxiing for take off. GV Hawk takes off. GV air to air Hawk in flight. SV air to air zoom into Hawk and pilot. SV Hawk banks away. SV Tristar PSA slowly taxies down runway zoom in to Rolls Royce engine. GBV Tristar takes off and climbs steeply. SV crowds watching. SV pan G to air Tristar flying past over airfield. LV A 300B Airbus (Air France). 3 already held to Air France (up to 345 passengers) wings by HS. CU Airbus passes camera taxies down runway. GV ditto takes off and climbs steeply. LV air to air Airbus in flight. TV Airbus in flight. LV Lockheed Galaxy on show. SV huge interior zoom out to SV plane. CU 2 huge jet engines. SV tail of Galaxy. GV Galaxy with nose & front open. LV G to air Bulldog of Scottish Aviation (Perth) doing aerobatics. SV man taking photos. SV pan Bulldog landing pan to BV. GV Concorde coming into land at angle against cross wind, touches down. SV pan Concorde taxiing past. GV RAF Harriers taking off in cloud of spray. GV another Harrier taking off. SCU pan Harrier taking off. Harrier climbing vertically after take off. SV air to air Harrier in flight. LV 4 Harriers hovering over airfield. ? Harrier hovering. GV ditto landing in cloud of spray. GV pan rainbow. LV G to air formation of Red Arrows fly past giving out various coloured smoke trails. ENDS. FARNBOROUGH 1974 STOCK SHOTS - E/COLOUR NEG 1. Aerial over exhibition. Air to Air BAC 111. American Supersonic jet into camera, taxiing - bat man waving plane in. Elevated shots of exhibition. Navajo ground and air to air. Air to air Cheyenne. Ground shot Skyliner, same take off. Over camera shot, landing, air to air. Air to Air F15. Supersonic (F15). Ground shot of missiles. Jaguar take off - over camera shots. Jaguar air to air, Jaguar drops wheels - various aerials. Landing with parachute. (920ft). 2. American supersonic pilots out of plane and welcomed. SR 71 taxiing shots. CU two cameramen filming. Skyser take off. Over - landing. Hawk on ground. Provost on ground. Missiles. F15 over camera and landing. Hawk flying over camera. Hawk landing. Hawk air to air. Alpha Jet on ground. Tristar flypast. (950ft). 3. Ground to air Bulldog stunting. Airbus (Air France) taxiing into camera. Airbus over camera shot - wheels up. Take off - air to air. Airbus. Concorde flies over exhibition (NG). Ground shot Harrier. (460ft). 4. Concorde flypast - over camera - various - good. Various other aircraft not named. Tristar into camera take off. F15 ground to air over camera. Various shots and landing. Good shots of demonstrating the F15 roll - rocking etc. (830ft). 5. Jets ground strafing. Explosions on ground. Harriers take off - air to air (not hovering). Two spear shaped jets take off and in flight - Vigge. (550ft). 6. Various shots of the Red Arrows aerobatic display. Some very good aerobatics. Harrier normal take off into camera. CU Harrier hovering. Turning around - good. Harriers normal take off. Bombing display - 4 Harriers demonstrate manoeuvrability. Concorde flypast and landing and take off - very good. Vigge - two take off into camera. MBB Helicopter in flight - aerobatics etc. Jetstream over camera and landing. (880ft). 7 Large American Helicopter - ground to air and flypast - manoeuvring. CH 47C Helicopter (twin rotor) lift off and manoeuvring, various & lands. Westland helicopter manoeuvring. Aerospatiale manoeuvring. Various. Saab 105. Two planes air to air. Maachi - two fighters air to air. 8. Fighter - marked in sections (most odd). Cheyenne air to air. Small twin jet airliner possible a Saab about 25 seater. Small jet airliner air to air (Falcon Executive Twin). 9. 4 Harrier hovering - almost static - three hovering. Landing - various. Static shot of rainbow. Good landing Concorde. BAC 111 air to air (wheels down). (300ft).
- Keywords
- Royalty; Politics and government; Mass media; Entertainment and leisure; Displays; Weather; Weapons; Aviation; Stunts; Military; Exhibitions and shows
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- Farnborough
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Movietone
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- 74/152
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- Commentator
- Leonard Martin
- Length of story (in feet)
- 750
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