Summary: Filmed account of the 1968 Farnborough Air Show.
Description: People arrive, some via air (shots of a "flying office" in a Jetstream aircraft) to the 26th Farnborough Air Show, the first to allow aircraft of different nationalities (though they must have a British connection). Aircraft demonstrated include BAC Super 111, Saab Drakken, Fokker Fellowship, Yugoslav fighters, Japanese YS 11A (flying with one engine feathered), Aeromacchi MB 326. (Reel 2) Redifon 101 flight simulator, mock-up interior of Airbus, avionics, missiles (including Skylark). Concorde prototype (footage shot at Bristol). Shot Skyvan STOL plane, Islander, Westland helicopters including Wessex, Beagle Pup, Nimrod (Comet) maritime reconnaissance jet, Harrier. Displays by Army and Navy, and the Red Arrows.
Production Details: Central Office of Information (Production sponsor)
Movietone (Production company)
Fisher, Norman (Production individual)
Ford, Maurice (Production individual)
Shearley, Jeff (Production cast)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army (regiment/service)
Royal Navy (regiment/service)
Royal Air Force, Red Arrows (regiment/service)
Keywords: aircraft, British - combat: Hawker Siddeley Harrier (object name)
aircraft, Italian - combat: Aeromacchi MB 326 (object name)
aircraft, Swedish - combat: Saab Drakken (object name)
aircraft, British - helicopter: Westland Wessex (object name)
aircraft, British - light civilian: Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander (object name)
aircraft, British - light civilian: Beagle Pup (object name)
aircraft, British - combat: Hawker Siddeley Nimrod (object name)
aircraft, British - transport: BAC Super 111 (object name)
aircraft, British - transport: Concorde (object name)
aircraft, British - transport: Short Skyvan (object name)
aircraft, British - transport: Handley Page Jetstream (object name)
aircraft, German - transport: Fokker Fellowship (object name)
aircraft, Japanese - transport: YS-11A (object name)
equipment, British air - propulsion: Rolls-Royce RB211 engine (object name)
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: 2
Footage: 1234 ft; Running time: 14 mins
