Home-Made Hovercraft

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1984
Date Released
12 Jun 1967
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Home-Made Hovercraft. DESCRIPTION: At Apethorpe, near Peterborough, a rally of Do-it-yourself Hovercraft implies that Air-Cushion fun craft could soon be all the rage. SHOTLIST: MCU man at work underneath Hovercraft. CU Sarah Mayhew puts helmet on and climbs into No 10 Players No 6 Hovercraft. MCU ditto. CU Sarah Mayhew in hovercraft. MS pan hovercraft moves off. CU man working on Puff Duck Hovercraft. MS Hovercraft with Puff Duck on tail section. CU engine. CU man’s hand operating throttle. MS Hovercraft No 9 moves off. MS No 9 hovering, about to go over ramp. CU crowd. MS No 9 comes off ramp at other side. MLS man pushes No 30 Hovercraft and jumps in (made by Troston Garages). MS hovercraft No 30 past. MS CNI Hovercraft takes to the water. MS crowd watching. MS bored pilot leans on hovercraft canopy. CU skirt of hovercraft on water. MS Hovercraft CNI comes out of water, gets stuck, pilot rocks machine to get it moving.
Keywords
Organisations; Vehicles; Transport; Inventions and discoveries; Exhibitions and shows
Locations
Peterborough; England; Apethorpe
Card file number
92429
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Ronald E. Collins
Length of story (in feet)
134
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Home-Made Hovercraft', British Movietone News Issue No. 1984, 12 Jun 1967. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/26922 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)