FARNBOROUGH 1960 [Main Title]

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  • Title: FARNBOROUGH 1960 [Main Title]
  • Film Number: COI 362
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  • Summary: A record of the 21st Farnborough Air Show.
  • Description: Opening shots of ground display: missiles on show include Blue Steel, Firestreak, Seacat, Thunderbird, and the radio-controlled target plane Jindivik; aircraft displayed include Short SC 1, Westland Belvedere and the Argosy freighter; an exhibition hall houses aeroengines and models (including hovercraft). Preparations for the flying display: senior controller Pearson talks to Squadron Leader Latham of 'Black Arrows'. The display programme includes a Valiant 'Scramble'; the SC-1 demonstrates VTOL; Lancashire Prospector general-purpose light aircraft; Handley Page 'Dart' Herald; the 'new' Victor; Vickers Vanguard; helicopters including the Westland (ex-Fairey) Rotodyne and Belvedere; the Armstrong Whitworth Argosy; Avro 748 transport; the Vulcan B 2; the Buccaneer (NA-39); the Hawker Hunter (Hawker test pilot Bedford takes up a red-painted twin-seater); BAC/English Electric Lightnings of 74 Squadron. The display closes with formation aerobatics by 111 Squadron ('Black Arrows') Hunters.
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  • Colour: Colour
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  • Object_Number: COI 362
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (COI 362)
  • Featured Period: 1946-1975
  • Production Date: 1960
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Central Office of Information (Production sponsor) British Movietone News (Production company) Fisher, Norman (Production individual) Samuelson, Michael (Production individual) Marks, Stanley C (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Bedford, Alfred William (person) Latham, Peter A (person) Pearson, Kenneth (person) Royal Air Force, Sqdn 111 (Black Arrows) (regiment/service) Royal Air Force, Sqdn 74 (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: aircraft, British - combat: Avro Vulcan B 2 (object name) aircraft, British - combat: English Electric Lightning (object name) aircraft, British - combat: Handley Page Victor (object name) aircraft, British - combat: Hawker Hunter (object name) aircraft, British - combat: Short SC-1 (object name) aircraft, British - combat: Vickers Valiant (object name) aircraft, British naval - combat: Hawker Siddeley Buccaneer (object name) aircraft, British - helicopter: Bristol Belvedere (object name) aircraft, British - helicopter: Fairey Rotodyne (object name) aircraft, British - light civilian: Lancashire Prospector (object name) aircraft, British - transport: Armstrong Whitworth Argosy (object name) aircraft, British - transport: Avro 748 (object name) aircraft, British - transport: Handley Page Herald (object name) aircraft, British - transport: Vickers Vanguard (object name) weapons, British - missile: Hawker Siddeley Blue Steel (object name) weapons, British - missile [air-air]: Firestreak (object name) weapons, British - missile: Short Seacat (object name) weapons, British - missile: Thunderbird (object name) Farnborough Air Show 1960 (event) GB, England & Farnborough, Hants <Royal Aircraft Establishment> (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour Sound format: Sound Soundtrack language: English Title language: English Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 1296 ft; Running time: 15 mins
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