Learning on ScreenJump Jet
Series
- Series Name
- This Week In Britain
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 1 / 1
- Summary
- COI synopsis: The only plane in the world that could make airport runways redundant. The Harrier Vertical Take Off Jet can take off in less space than a tennis court. Penny Croucher climbs aboard the plane that could transform intercity flight and talks to one of the men for whom Harriers are a way of life.
- Researcher Comments
- According to the script, locations visited include: coal sidings at St Pancras Station, and RAF Wittering. The programme also includes library footage of New York. NB: Information drawn from the Australian version
- Keywords
- Aircraft
- Written sources
- COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 23 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis
- COI Reference
- MI 936/883
- Credits:
-
- Sponsor
- Central Office of Information (COI)
- Director
- Eric Halliday
- Presenter
- Esmeralda Reyna
- Sponsor
- Foreign & Commonwealth Office
- Support services
- Jennifer Lucas
- Presenter
- Penny Croucher
- Commentator
- Sylvia Eley
- Producer
- Sylvia Eley
This series is held by:
Film Archive
- Name
- British Film Institute (BFI)
- For BFI National Archive enquiries:
nonfictioncurators@bfi.org.uk
For commercial/footage reuse enquiries:
footage.films@bfi.org.uk - Web
- http://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web
- Phone
- 020 7255 1444
- Fax
- 020 7580 7503
- Address
- 21 Stephen Street
London W1T 1LN - Notes
- The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).
- Series held
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