Sonic Bangs For Aviation Minister (1965)
Title reads: SONIC BANGS FOR AVIATION MINISTER. Sound barrier noise demonstration by planes at Upwood, Huntingdonshire (now Cambridgeshire L, S village. C, U signpost. Various shots press and VIPs gathered for demonstration; including MP Roy Jenkins (Minister of Aviation), MP John Stonehouse (Parliamentary Secretary to Jenkins), Sir Giles Guthrie (BOAC Chairmen), Sir Rupert Speir (local MP) and various French aviation officials. L, S tall pole with microphone on top, zoom into microphone. Panning shot Lightning aeroplane taking off. M, S sound recording van. M, S inside van of man operating recording equipment. C, U dial. Panning shot 3 Lightnings zoom past camera. Village street scene. C, U mother with young child looking skywards at planes. Comet flies over houses. C, U Ivor Edwards looking skywards, pan to his greenhouses. Interior of greenhouse, an official tests noise with instrument. Comet flies over the field. M, S VIPs looking skywards. Lightening jets fly past at speed overhead.
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