Air Cushions for All

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1715
Date Released
16 Apr 1962
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Air Cushions for All. DESCRIPTION: The Vickers VA3 is shortly due to start the first hovercraft passenger service across the Dee estuary. It will be able, when fully fitted out, to carry 25 passengers in air-cushion comfort. Seen here is the inventor of the hovercraft idea, Mr Cockerell. Next air-cushioning for farmers: a standard Land Rover, fitted with air-cushion conversion. A secondary Land Rover engine drives two centrifugal fans, which provide the lift. SHOTLIST: Key scene. LS Vickers VA3 Hovercraft surrounded by people. LS same. MS propeller. Head on shot of hovercraft. MS hovercraft. MS Mr Cockerell (inventor) climbing aboard hovercraft. LS same going inside hovercraft. LS interior of hovercraft - Mr Cockerell sits down and looks out of the window. MS controls. LS hovercraft with people standing around. MS air cushioned Land Rover for farmers. MS bottom of Land Rover. Various shots of the engine. Various shots of an ordinary Land Rover crop spraying in a field and getting bogged down. MS two men smoking pipes and talking. MS wheel of Land Rover stuck in mud. LS Land Rover in field bogged down in mud - Land Rover cum hovercraft drives past - men at side of field photograph it.
Keywords
Vehicles; Transport
Locations
United Kingdom
Footage sources
Movietone
Card file number
84215
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
98
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Air Cushions for All', British Movietone News Issue No. 1715, 16 Apr 1962. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/24589 (Accessed 19 Jul 2025)