Farnborough Air Show Dehavilland & Bristol Jet Aircraft 61034 (1960)

Synopsis

This rare color film produced by The Brown-Firth Research Laboratories in Sheffield presents the September 9, 1960 21st S.B.A.C. Flying Display at Farnborough Airport in England. The film opens with some of the inside exhibits (:34) and features the Bristol Siddeley swiveling jets (:56), Firth Brown and Firth-Derihon special and alloy steel parts booths ( 1:14 - 1:21 ), the Firth-Vickers booth ( 1:22 ), and various aircraft engines ( 1:26 - 1:36 ). Outside displays include a de Havilland Firestreak missile ( 1:39 ), a Seacat missile ( 1:45 ), an XG905 VTOL plane ( 1:54 ), and military helicopters ( 2:04 - 2:13 ). Highlights of the airshow are shown. It opens with four Avro Vulcans ( 2:18 - 3:50 ), a Prospector Mark 2 crop duster ( 3:52 - 4:02 ), a twin-boom aircraft ( 4:08 - 4:29 ), English Electric Lightning supersonic fighter aircraft ( 4:30 - 4:58 ), a G-APWA ( 5:04 - 5:39 ), Westland helicopters ( 5:43 - 6:25 ), a Handley Page Victor V2, which will be equipped with the Avro Blue Steel missile ( 6:29 - 7:05 ), a Hawker Hunter jet fighter ( 7:06 - 8:02 ), a Vickers Vanguard ( 8:03 - 8:27 ), and the world’s first public demonstration of the Short SC.1 VTOL aircraft ( 8:28 - 9:34 ). The airshow closes with an impressive precision aerial display by the Black Arrows, the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team flying Hawker Hunter jet fighters, led by Squadron Leader Peter Latham ( 9:35 - 12:31 ). See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing…

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Running time

12 minutes

Language

English

Collection

Ephemeral Films

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• Stock Footage