Straight Up - Take Off

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1513A
Date Released
5 Jun 1958
Date submitted
4 Jun 1958
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Fairey Gyrodyne. DESCRIPTION: The world’s first Vertical Take Off Airliner is the Fairey-Rotodyne. Test Pilot Ronald Gellatly showed how it works: it is two machines in one. First - a helicopter, with a Rotor 90 feet in diameter, using compressed air from two propeller-turbine engines. Now, the helicopter becomes an airliner, with a cruising speed of 185. It can carry 48 passengers and could do the journey from the heart of London to the centre of Paris in little over an hour. SHOTLIST: Front shot - Fairey Gyrodyne on tarmac. MS Rotorarm with small jet. CU same. MS test pilot Ronald Gellatly at controls. GV Fairey Gyrodyne. CU Rotor with nameplate. LS Gyrodyne. MS same rises vertically. Longer shot pan in flight. Pan in flight. Another same. LS Hovering. Closer same. MS Lands vertically.
Keywords
Aviation
Locations
England; Berkshire; White Waltham
Card file number
73986
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Camera
Samuelson
Length of story (in feet)
86
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Straight Up - Take Off', British Movietone News Issue No. 1513A, 5 Jun 1958. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/22420 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)