Rac Trophy

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2117A
Date Released
1 Jan 1970
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: RAC Diamond Trophy. DESCRIPTION: The Royal Automobile Club’s Diamond Jubilee Trophy - leading award for achievements in transport - is presented to the designers and builders of the Crawler Transporter, used for moving America’s giant Saturn Rockets to the launch pads. SHOTLIST: MCU zoom out trophy. MS zoom in portrait of Saturn rocket on Transporter, model on transporter. CU zoom in ditto. MCU zoom out poster giving details on the award. MCU Lord Louis Mountbatten. MS Mountbatten presents awards to Donald Buchanan, one of the designers of the transporter and to one of his colleagues. CU Sir Vivian Fuchs 1958 award winner. Christopher Cockerell 1962 award winner. MC Mr Buchanan pan down to trophy. MS Mountbatten looks at model transporter with Mr Buchanan and colleagues.
Keywords
Royalty; Organisations; Vehicles; Science and technology; Space; Inventions and discoveries
Locations
United Kingdom
Card file number
95491
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Reginald William Smith
Length of story (in feet)
128
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Rac Trophy', British Movietone News Issue No. 2117A, 1 Jan 1970. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/28134 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)