Channel Hovercraft Named (1966)

Ramsgate, Kent. GV. The hovercraft “Swift“ on the beach at Ramsgate. LV. As the Lady Mayoress of Ramsgate inaugurates the service - she names the hovercraft which will operate between Ramsgate and Calais. CU. The name of the craft. LV. Dignitaries going aboard hovercraft. LV. Hatch is closed. SV. Propellor turning. LV. Pan as the hovercraft slides back into the sea, turns and heads out. LV. Interior, passengers. GV. From the hovercraft as another passes. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end