Riding on Air

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1808A
Date Released
30 Jan 1964
Date submitted
24 Jan 1964
Date submitted
27 Jan 1964
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Riding on Air. DESCRIPTION: At Hythe by Southampton Water a full scale experiment is underway - Development Engineer Anthony Plunkett takes control of a rather ungainly contraption. Although it weighs three tons, air pressure raises it half an inch off the ground, allowing it to be pushed along with one finger. Enclose it in a aerodynamic shell and you have a hovertrain which could travel at a comfortable 200 mph. SHOTLIST: Key scene. MS French designer with model of Aerotrain. CU name Aerotrain on model. CU propeller. MS man pushes model along rail. CU model along rail. MCU same and back. CU model along rail. MS same. MS man pushes model along rail. MS model along rail. GV British mock up of a monorail train. MS same. CU development engineer Anthony Plunkett. CU same. MCU hover type base to monotrain. CU same. MS monotrain moving along rail. CU base of train. CU finger pushing train. MCU same. CU still of finished train. CU same. CU same.
Keywords
Railways; Science and technology; Engineering
Locations
France; Hampshire; Hythe; Colombes
Footage sources
France
Card file number
87837
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Mark McDonald
Length of story (in feet)
138
Story extras:
Film clip

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