Farnborough Air Display (1961)

Full title reads: "Farnborough Air Display - Technicolor"



Farnborough, Hampshire.



Various great colour shots of the famous Farnborough Air Display. Planes shown include: - RAF (Royal Air Force) Provosts, Lightnings, Beagle M206, the Auster Beagle, the Airdale, Handley Page Dart Herald, the Avro 748, the Victor bomber, the Hawker Hunter, the Handley Page 115, Folland Gnat, Bloodhound rockets, Blue Streak rocket, Blue Steel rocket, Skeeter Helicopters, Scimitars, SC1 vertical take off plane.



VIPs seen include Lord Louis Mountbatten, Commander Michael Parker, Sir Hector MacGregor, Air Marshal Asagar Khan (C-in-C Pakistan), General Helse Mehre (Royal Norwegian Air Force).



Also includes good shots of parachutists, aerobatic and formation flying and troops showing use of helicopters to land troops.
FILM ID:1736.1

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