Summary: The Farnborough Air Show of 1953, "a year of consolidation with emphasis on production models rather than prototypes".
Description: Opening general shots of the display and individual aircraft on the ground. King Hussein of Jordan visits the show. The flying display: Vickers Viscount; the Bristol 173 helicopter ('Rotocoach'); Auster Aiglet trainer; De Havilland Comet 2; Blackburn Beverley freighter; Saunders-Roe Princess flying boat flies over; Bristol Britannia; English Electric Canberra; De Havilland DH 110; Short Seamew; Short SP-5 (sweep-wing experimental aircraft); Boulton Paul P111A research aircraft; Gloster Javelin; Supermarine Swifts (US General Gruenther, Supreme Commander Allied Powers in Europe, among watching visitors); Hawker Hunter (including supersonic flight); Handley Page Victor V-bomber makes its first appearance; the Vickers Valiant also appears, as does the Avro Vulcan; 2 Vulcans fly past in formation with the Avro 707 experimental Delta aircraft from which they were developed. Closing tribute to aviation industry's contribution to "greater prosperity and security."
Production Details: British Movietone News (Production company)
Wyand, Paul (Production individual)
Samuelson, David (Production individual)
Perrin, Raymond (Production individual)
Mitchell, Leslie Scott Falconer1905-10-041985-11-23 (Production cast)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Hussein ibn Talal, King of Jordan (person)
Gruenther, Alfred Maximilian (person)
Keywords: aircraft, British - combat: Avro Vulcan (object name)
aircraft, British - combat: De Havilland DH 110 (object name)
aircraft, British - combat: English Electric Canberra (object name)
aircraft, British - combat: Gloster Javelin (object name)
aircraft, British - combat: Handley Page Victor (object name)
aircraft, British - combat: Hawker Hunter (object name)
aircraft, British naval - combat: Short SB6 Seamew (object name)
aircraft, British - combat: Supermarine Swift (object name)
aircraft, British - combat: Vickers Valiant (object name)
aircraft, British - helicopter: Bristol Rotocoach (object name)
aircraft, British - light military: Auster Aiglet (object name)
aircraft, British - R and D: Avro 707 (object name)
aircraft, British - R and D: Boulton Paul P111A (object name)
aircraft, British - R and D: Short SP-5 (object name)
aircraft, British - seaplane: Saunders-Roe Princess (object name)
aircraft, British - transport: Blackburn Beverley (object name)
aircraft, British - transport: Bristol Britannia (object name)
aircraft, British - transport: De Havilland Comet 2 (object name)
aircraft, British - transport: Vickers Valiant (object name)
Farnborough Air Show 1953 (event)
GB, England & Farnborough, Hants <Royal Aircraft Establishment> (geography)
Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W
Sound format: Sound
Soundtrack language: English
Title language: English
Subtitle language: None
Technical Details: Format: 35mm
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Footage: 1162 ft; Running time: 13 mins
