News in Colour: Giant in a Maxi-Skirt

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2044
Date Released
5 Aug 1968
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 3
Section Title
News in Colour
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Srn4 Hovercraft (Colour). DESCRIPTION: The first Hovercraft of its type in the World - and the world’s biggest - opens a new chapter in Air Cushion Transport. We join Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon during the Royal inauguration of British Rail’s new Cross-Channel Passenger-Car Ferry. SHOTLIST: GV helicopter bringing Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon arriving at Dover. CU Mr Marsh - Minister of Transport. LS pan Princess Margaret & Lord Snowdon walk from helicopter. MS ditto, shake hands with officials. GV Dover ferry terminal building. MS sign on building Dover Ferry Terminal. MS Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon walk towards hovercraft. MS ditto - board hovercraft. LAS exterior looking through hovercraft window at Princess Margaret inside. GV SRN4 lifts off ground. MS interior Princess Margaret & Lord Snowdon. GV pan SRN4 moves down slip-way at Dover. Aerial shot SRN4 leaving Dover Harbour. MS interior looking through cabin window at the White Cliffs of Dover. MS interior cockpit. MCU ditto. Aerial shot SRN4 at sea. Ditto. MCU interior cockpit. Aerial shot SRN4 at sea. MCU interior Princess Margaret & Lord Snowdon. Aerial shot car ferry at sea. MS interior passengers. Aerial shot SRN4 beaching at Boulogne. MS pan ditto. MCU interior Princess Margaret & Lord Snowdon talking to the inventor of hovercraft - Mr Cockerell. MCU ditto. Aerial shot SRN4 up slipway at Boulogne. LAS Union Jack & French flag flying. MS sign Hoverport. MS car ramp lowered. MS interior cockpit, pilots remove headphones. GV cars leaves SRN4. MCU pan Princess Margaret leaves SRN4. MS MCU ditto. GV passengers walk towards hoverport building. GV SRN4 on slip-way at Boulogne. GV pan from Gendarmes to SRN4. GV interior SRN4 car loading bay. MS pan Princess Margaret enters same. MS pan passengers board SRN4 at Boulogne. MCU pan interior cockpit pilots open throttle. GV pan SRN4 down slipway onto beach. GV looking out through cabin window as hovercraft reaches sea. GV SRN4 at sea. MS interior cockpit. GV pan SRN4 sets off from Boulogne on return trip.
Keywords
Royalty; Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Vehicles; Aviation; Transport; Ceremonies; Police; Inventions and discoveries
Locations
France; Dover; United Kingdom; Boulogne
Card file number
93788
Credits:
Camera
Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Maurice Ford
Camera
Pat Mohan
Camera
Reginald William Smith
Length of story (in feet)
416
Story extras:
Film clip

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'News in Colour: Giant in a Maxi-Skirt', British Movietone News Issue No. 2044, 5 Aug 1968. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/27485 (Accessed 08 Feb 2025)