Prince Philip Opens Hovercraft At Ramsgate (1969)

No title. Prince Philip opens hovercraft at Ramsgate, Kent.
L/S new hoverport at Pegwell Bay, pan to the Hoverlloyd Swift cross Channel hovercraft ferry. M/S ditto. Panning shot writing on side of hovercraft: "Ramsgate", pan to: "Calais". M/S Duke of Edinburgh (Prince Philip) walking towards control panel to declare the hoverport open. He presses the button. M/S as curtains open to reveal sign: "International Hoverport, Ramsgate". M/S as Duke prepares to cut the tape to declare open the main door, the tape is cut with a pair of scissors. C/U inventor of the hovercraft, Sir Christopher Cockrell. L/S as people board hovercraft. M/S people waiting to go on board. Angle shot people going aboard. L/S as Duke walks towards the hovercraft. M/S two hover hostesses looking on. Panning shot as Duke walks up the steps and boards hovercraft. Angle shot hover's rotor blade turning. L/S showing the hoverport building, pan to the hovercraft moving off. Panning shot as the hovercraft goes out to sea.
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Only lasted 23 years, so sad.

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