Summary: The Farnborough Air Show of 1958, tenth year of the annual display.
Description:Opening general views and shots of individual aircraft preface film of the flying display. Royal Navy Hawker Sea Hawks in formation; Fairey 'Ultralight', Saunders Roe P531 and Skeeter, Westland Wessex and Westminster, Bristol 192 Helicopters and the Fairey Rotodyne VTOL transport; Auster Alpha light aircraft (crop-spraying variant); Hunting Jet Provost trainer; Folland Gnat; English Electric Lightning; Supermarine Scimitars of the Fleet Air Arm in formation; Gloster Javelin with Firestreak missile (Inset film of missile park at show, with Bloodhound missile and Black Knight research rocket on show; also film of a demonstration Bloodhound firing); Blackburn NA 39; Hunting Percival President; Vickers Viscount; Comet 3B and Comet 4; Avro Vulcan and Handley Page Victor V-bombers. Display closes with formation aerobatics by 111 Squadron, 'Black Arrows' (Hawker Hunters).
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Colour:B&W
Digitised:Yes
Object_Number:COI 348
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:IWM
Film: IWM
Featured Period:1945-1989
Production Date:1958-1958
Production Country:GB
Production Details:Central Office of Information (Production sponsor)
British Movietone News (Production Company)
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Physical Characteristics:Colour format: B&W
Sound format: Sound
Soundtrack language: English
Title language: English
Technical Details:Footage: 1244 ft; Running time: 14 mins
