New Helicopter AKA Mobile Helicopter And… 1956

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Gatwick Airport, Surrey.

Demonstration of a new helicopter and road transporter. The helicopter is the Augusta-Bell 45G, a development of the famous Bell helicopters. The pilot is Captain John Crewdson.

Various shots of the helicopter and C/Us of the pilot. The helicopter takes off...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
1968
Sort Number:
CP 053
Time in/Out:
01:08:32:00 / 01:10:25:00
Canister:
CP 053
Film ID:
39.04
Issue Date:
02/01/1956

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  • "The helicopter is the Augusta-Bell 45G" - that should read Agusta-Bell 47G.

    "The Captain drives his car onto the teleporter." - surely that should read transporter, this isn't Star Trek, after all!

    The car the captain drives on to the transporter is an Austin A35.

    jamied 26th Sep 2012

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