Farnborough Foretaste

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2050
Date Released
16 Sep 1968
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Farnborough Foretaste. DESCRIPTION: To be demonstrated at Farnborough, the latest helicopter Fire Fighting technique using Light Water. The Abbotsfield International Air Show in British Columbia is Canada’s salute to Aviation. Rated third in the world after Paris and Farnborough, it features a fascinating display of historic aircraft and aerobatic skill. The ideal appetizer to Movietone’s Colour Spectacular in the next edition - a special Colour report on the greatest air show of them all. SHOTLIST: 2 shots Fire Chopper takes off to extinguish fire. Pan round fire. CU pan from hose to firemen. MS fire. MS foam spread over fire. CU fire bucket covered in foam. MS crashed plane on ground - fire out. MS Bomber overhead. MS aerial Fokker Triplane. MS Fokker Triplane and Thomas Morse Scout in mock battle (aerial). MS aerial Morse Scout. MS P3 Lightning takes off, pan with it. MS 1912 Curtiss in flight. MS BKB Flying Wing Glider in flight. MS people watching. MS Miss Terry Holm on wing of plane. MS people watching. MS (aerial) Terry Holm on wing doing stunts. MCU kids watching. MS Holm on wing of plane. CU sky diver. MS sky divers jump from plane. MS boy and man watching. MS parachutists landing. MS Chipmunk in flight. MS people watching. MS Chipmunk stunting.
Keywords
Sport; Displays; Aviation; Accidents and disasters; Military; Exhibitions and shows
Locations
Farnborough; United Kingdom; Canada; British Columbia; Abbotsfield
Footage sources
National Film Board of Canada
Card file number
93926
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Maurice Ford
Length of story (in feet)
290
Story extras:
Film clip

• The first time you use this link in a session, you will need to log on at the British Movietone website and then click this icon again to see the film. For the remainder of the session, this link will take you directly to the film.

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name
AP Archive
Email
info@aparchive.com
Web
http://www.movietone.com
Phone
+44 (0)20 7482 7482
Series held
View all series held by AP Archive

How to cite this record

'Farnborough Foretaste', British Movietone News Issue No. 2050, 16 Sep 1968. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/27547 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)