New Shape in the Sky

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1920A
Date Released
24 Mar 1966
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: New Shape in the Sky. DESCRIPTION: A model of the Anglo-French Concorde - the world’s first supersonic jet airliner, is mounted below a helicopter at the Royal Aircraft Establishment at Bedford. The idea is to investigate certain flight aspects of the Concorde configuration. SHOTLIST: Key scene. MS model of Anglo-French Concorde. MS model pushed to helicopter. MCU rope being fixed from helicopter to model. MS helicopter pilot. LS helicopter taking off with model beneath it. LAS helicopter in air. MS man operating winch, inside helicopter to lower model. LAS model lowered. GV model attached to helicopter in flight. TS ditto. GV ditto.
Keywords
Aviation
Locations
Bedford
Card file number
90908
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Norman Fisher
Length of story (in feet)
104
Story extras:
Film clip

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'New Shape in the Sky', British Movietone News Issue No. 1920A, 24 Mar 1966. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/26373 (Accessed 08 Feb 2025)