Aircraft Arrestor Net

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2151A
Date Released
27 Aug 1970
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
7 / 7
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Aircraft Arrestor Net. DESCRIPTION: How do you stop a Phantom jet fighter making an emergency landing on an aircraft carrier? Experiments at the Royal Aircraft Establishment show how a new arrestor net - made from steel cables and nylon webbing - can stop the plane in three hundred feet. SHOTLIST: CU, zoom back Phantom mock-up aircraft on simulated aircraft carrier runway. GV ditto, shot through arrestor net - aircraft in b/g. SV arrestor net. CU ditto, man inspecting. CU explosive charges lifted. SV charges lowered into position. CU charge put into socket. CU operator. CU pushing charge into socket. GV man switches on hydraulic system. CU ditto. GV steel rope tightening up beneath aircraft. LV arrestor net. CU pan ditto. Shot through arrestor net and plane starts to move towards, goes through net at 94’. GV pan slow motion shot plane forward & through net at 140’ painted pilot’s head on cockpit. LAS officials inspect plane. CU pan up from arrestor net to men inspecting. CU wing almost torn off. LV ditto. CU the other damaged wing. LV plane.
Keywords
Aviation; Science and technology; Safety devices; Navy; Military; Newsreels
Locations
Bedford; United Kingdom
Card file number
96275
Credits:
Commentator
John Braban
Camera
Norman Fisher
Camera
Reginald William Smith
Length of story (in feet)
177
Story extras:
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'Aircraft Arrestor Net', British Movietone News Issue No. 2151A, 27 Aug 1970. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/28464 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)