Hovering Helps the Army

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1830
Date Released
29 Jun 1964
Date submitted
24 Jun 1964
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Hovering Helps the Army. DESCRIPTION: The tactics and techniques of warfare are always changing, but one problem remains constant. The job of keeping the fighting units supplied. Pictures show some of the equipment used in the Army today, including the new SRN3 Hovercraft, the largest in the world. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV ships at sea. LS same. TS men loading crate. GV crate being loaded. LS same. CU soldier. LS loading operations. MLS helicopter lifts load. GV amphibian lands. GV same. LAS helicopter. MS same lowers load. GV same. GV landing craft. MS tractor drives off landing craft. MS tractor. Pan hovercraft. CU soldier with binoculars. GV hovercraft. CU name SRN3. CU sign IHTU. MS soldiers out of hovercraft. CU soldier checking list. MS soldiers loading boxes. MS same.
Keywords
Vehicles; Transport; Military
Locations
Lee-on-the-Solent
Card file number
88503
Credits:
Camera
Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
158
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Hovering Helps the Army', British Movietone News Issue No. 1830, 29 Jun 1964. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/25589 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)