• Short Summary

    A new development in hovercraft design is tested out in Dumbarton.

  • Description

    Full title reads: "Dumbarton. Hovercraft Goes Ahead".

    William Denny Shipyard, Dumbarton, Scotland. New Hovercraft development.

    LV pan as the new Hovercraft is swung by crane across the dock to be lowered into the water.

    CU news cameraman.

    LV the Hovercraft being lowered into the water. LV Ditto.

    LV the hovercraft in the water. LV pan as it reverses away from the dock.

    CU the front of the hovercraft. LV pan as it goes across the Loch.

    LV the hovercraft coming towards camera.

    SV as it turns towards camera and past.

    LV pan hovercraft going across the Loch.

    SV as it goes away from camera.

    (Orig Neg)

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  • Data

    Film ID:
    1732.12
    Media URN:
    53752
    Group:
    Pathe newsreels
    Archive:
    British Pathé
    Issue Date:
    24/07/1961
    Sound:
    Sound
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:01:10:00
    Time in/Out:
    01:16:40:00 / 01:17:50:00
    Canister:
    61/59

Comments (1)

  1. Unknown user says

    "the new Hovercraft" - it's the prototype Denny D1 hovercraft.

    "pan as it goes across the Loch" - it's Gare Loch.

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