Everybody Airborne
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 3 / 5
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Everybody Airborne - the Skimmer. DESCRIPTION: The Skimmer is the first privately built hovercraft, built by engineering students in their spare time, and designed by former test pilot Donald Robertson. Cost, about 70 pounds less engine. And as the demonstration proved, the machine hovers all right. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV hovercraft carried out of hangar. GV hovercraft placed on ground. MCU Donald Robertson - designer (former test pilot) starts engine. CU engine. GV Mr Robertson sits on hovercraft. MS same with feet on control rudder bar. CU same. GV machine hovering. GV same.
- Keywords
- Vehicles
- Locations
- Surrey; Redhill
- Card file number
- 82345
- Credits:
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- Camera
- Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
- Commentator
- Jeffrey K. Shearley
- Length of story (in feet)
- 68
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