Rock And Roll Chopper
Series
- Series Name
- This Week In Britain
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 1 / 1
- Summary
- COI synopsis: Britain’s latest helicopter, the Lynx, is a flying machine which can perform miracles of aerobatics. It’s the world’s first helicopter to fly not only upwards and backwards but literally upside down. Gail Spiro has been taking a look at the Lynx and talking to the men who fly it.
- Researcher Comments
- The location is Westland Helicopters, Yeovil, Somerset. NB: Information drawn from the Australian version
- Keywords
- Aviation; Aircraft; Engineering; Inventions and discoveries
- Written sources
- COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 23 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis
- COI Reference
- MI 936/901
- Credits:
-
- Support services
- Alison Hawkes
- Sponsor
- Central Office of Information (COI)
- Presenter
- Esmeralda Reyna
- Sponsor
- Foreign & Commonwealth Office
- Presenter
- Gail Spiro
- Camera
- Jack Bellamy
- Director
- Patrick Wyand
- Producer
- Sylvia Eley
This series is held by:
Film Archive
- Name
- British Film Institute (BFI)
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- Phone
- 020 7255 1444
- Fax
- 020 7580 7503
- Address
- 21 Stephen Street
London W1T 1LN - Notes
- The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).
- Series held
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How to cite this record
'Rock And Roll Chopper', This Week In Britain Issue No. 901, 1976. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/329142 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)