Aerial Survey (1966)

Middlesex. A look at how aerial photography helps map makers and motorway designers with a Middlesex firm of surveyors. Top shot of a model of a West African port, a toy boat is pushed into position with a stick. Top shot of another part of the model, a man s hand is placing warehouse models into place. M, S of a man in a white coat sticking working on the model. Aerial view of a motorway partly under construction. M, S of three men carrying equipment to an aeroplane parked outside a hanger. C, U of the navigator looking down his view finder in the nose of the plane. C, U of one of the men fixing together photography equipment. M, S of a man removing a block from wedged under the wheels. C, U of the pilot s hand on a lever. Point of view shot from the nose of the plane as it takes off. Aerial shots of fields. C, U of pilot s hands on the controls. Aerial shots of a town and the motorway as the plane tilts. C, U of the photography looking through the lens of the camera. We see the photogra