Air News (1951)

LORD VENTRY AIRSHIP “BOURNEMOUTH“ Cardington, Bedfordshire. LV. Balloons inside Cardington airship shed at Bedford, dark shot. CU. Name ’Bournemouth’ and Bournemouth coat of arms on newly built airship. SV. Lord Ventry and Thomas Patrick York-Moore, in beret, looking at car and engine, pan up to balloon. Lord Ventry is the leader of the group of people who built the airship. SCU. Lord Ventry and York-Moore, pan to engine. FCU. Lord Ventry. SV. Propellor and engine working. SV. Man testing ballast sandbags, & LV. CU. Another balloon in shed, pan down to long shot of ’Bournemouth Airship’ - the first airship built here since 1930. (Orig. Neg.) PROFESSOR POWELL’S BALLOON Bristol, Avon. LV. Professor Powell and his assistants, quite a few of them, unwrapping 100 feet balloon ready for inflation, & SV. SCU. Professor Powell and his assistants. LV. Assistant straightening out fabric of balloon. SV. Balloon being filled. CU. Hand holding tube. SV. Back view, Professor Powell watching balloon be