Aircraft Pioneer Inventor (1957)

Rowlands Castle, Hampshire. M, S of 80 year old Sir Alliott VerdonRoe sat at a table in his study, there are various trophies and models around him; he is holding a pencil and opens a large sheet of paper on the table. C, U as he smoothes it down and looks at it. The narrator says he is an aircraft pioneer who, in 1908, was the first man in Britain to design and fly an aircraft. C, U of a model of the biplane he flew. C, U of his face looking at some plans, C, U of the plans on his desk, these are for a new car which he has invented. He picks up a set square and starts drawing on the designs. C, U of two medals on the desk, one is to commemorate the first flight of an all British aeroplane and the other was given to him by the Americans for his pioneering services to aviation. C, U of a portrait on the wall of a young man in an uniform, this is his son Squadron Leader Eric Alliott VerdonRoe. C, U of another portrait of a young man with a moustache, he is also in uniform, this is his oth