New Hovercraft

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2314
Date Released
8 Oct 1973
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: New Hovercraft - Colour. DESCRIPTION: The British Hovercraft Corporation launches a new hovercraft, at Cowes IOW. SHOTLIST: GV BV new hovercraft on tarmac. CU numbers SRN6 Mk6. GV new hovercraft on tarmac. AS propeller on hovercraft. GV hovercraft on tarmac. SCU skirt of hovercraft deflated. SV pushing propeller blades, rotating. SV crowd. SCU pushing engines running. SV hovercraft inflated. CU skirt zoom out to BV hovercraft fully inflated moving off. GV pan hovercraft into water. SV pan hovercraft at speed pan to BV. TS hovercraft SRN6 Mk6 at speed. CU Sir Christopher Cockerell (inventor of hovercraft). SV hovercraft in water. CU side of hovercraft. GV pan hovercraft at speed.
Keywords
Vehicles; Transport; Launchings
Locations
Isle of Wight; Cowes; Solent
Card file number
99396
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Norman Fisher
Camera
Stan Goozee
Length of story (in feet)
98
Story extras:
Film clip

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'New Hovercraft', British Movietone News Issue No. 2314, 8 Oct 1973. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/30077 (Accessed 08 Feb 2025)