Another Channel Crossing

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1573A
Date Released
30 Jul 1959
Date submitted
27 Jul 1959
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Another Channel Crossing Srn1. DESCRIPTION: The first Channel crossing by Hovercraft coincided with the Bleriot celebrations. The Saunders Roe machine made the trip from Calais to Dover in a little over 2 hours. The Inventor and a colleague acted as human ballast to compensate for extra fuel. Saunders Roe Chief Test Pilot Peter Lamb gave a comment. SHOTLIST: CU Hovercraft (key & title). LS Hovercraft above water. Closer same. Closer showing inventor and engineer acting as ballast. Crowds wave. FS Hovercraft leaves the water and goes up beach. Same - crowds look on. GV crowds around Hovercraft. MS Test Pilot - Peter Lamb. Same talking (sound).
Keywords
Vehicles; Science and technology; Inventions and discoveries
Locations
France; England
Footage sources
France
Card file number
77764
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
84
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Another Channel Crossing', British Movietone News Issue No. 1573A, 30 Jul 1959. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/23143 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)