The Farnborough Show

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1579A
Date Released
10 Sep 1959
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Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Farnborough Show. DESCRIPTION: It is Farnborough time again, the Society of British Aircraft Constructors’ twentieth annual display. As a glance at the static display reveals, there are plenty of new attractions to see: the Saunders-Roe Hovercraft, a Blackburn product, the NA39, the Westland Westminster, to name a few of them. A thrilling highlight of the flying display was the wonderful performance by Hunter Sixes of Treble One Squadron, RAF, the Black Arrows. SHOTLIST: MS radar (key). LS aircraft. LS same. MS ‘Vanguard’. LS same. CU ‘Lightning’. CU NA39. MS Fairey Rotodyne. MS ‘Westminster’ rotorblades. CU rear rotorblades. CU visitors. CU exposed engine of ‘Vanguard’. MS foreign visitors. LS aircraft. CU two coloured men. CU coloured visitors. MS Hovercraft - troops on board. Blackburn NA39 takes off. Crowds. Air to air - NA39 LS Westland ‘Westminster’ carrying bridge. CU same. Air to air - ‘Vulcan B2’. MS ‘Lightning’ taxies. Same takes off. MS crowds. Air to air ‘Lightnings’. Pan - ‘Lightning’ fly past. CU same. Air to air ‘Comet 4B’. CU spectators. Air to air - ‘Argosy Freighter Coach’. ‘Vanguard’ taxies. Pan - same takes off. Crowds. Air to air ‘Vanguard’. Same banking. MS ‘Bloodhound’ missile. CU same. MS ‘Sea Cat’. CU same. CU name. MS ‘Thunderbird’. CU same. Angle shot - ‘Black Knight’. CU base of rockets. LS ‘Black Knight’. LS Hunter Sixes of Treble One Squadron - formation flight. Crowd. GV Treble One Squadron - aerobatics. Crowds. Treble One Squadron bomb burst.
Keywords
Vehicles; Displays; Aviation; Military
Locations
England; Farnborough
Card file number
78082
Credits:
Commentator
Jeffrey K. Shearley
Camera
Norman Fisher
Camera
Samuelson
Length of story (in feet)
332
Story extras:
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'The Farnborough Show', British Movietone News Issue No. 1579A, 10 Sep 1959. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/23214 (Accessed 23 Feb 2026)