Shipping Notes - New Liner Test

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1408A
Date Released
31 May 1956
Date submitted
28 May 1956
Stories in this Issue:

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 7
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: New Liner Tests. DESCRIPTION: At the National Physical Laboratory, Teddington - a wind tunnel test for the model of a new Orient liner. The ship a 40,000 tonner with a speed of 27 knots, should make the voyage to Australia in three weeks. SHOTLIST: National Physical Laboratory, Teddington (Research Building). Exterior of building. Propeller in building. Model. SCU of table. GV model on table. SCU model of ship. The new 40,000 ton Orient liner. Her aim to reach Australia in three weeks instead of four.
Keywords
Science and technology
Locations
Middlesex; Teddington
Card file number
67091
Credits:
Commentator
David Lewis Jacobs
Camera
Robert Turner
Length of story (in feet)
45
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Shipping Notes - New Liner Test', British Movietone News Issue No. 1408A, 31 May 1956. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/20979 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)