Flying Lessons Indoors (1957)

Crawley, West Sussex. GV. Elevated shot of Britannia airliner on runway at airport. CU. Name Britannia on the side of the airliner. SV. Two of the engines starting up as the Britannia prepares for flight. LV. Britannia taking off, it leaves the runway and camera pans with it as it goes away into back view. BV. Interior shot from left to right of Captain, Engineer and co-pilot in the simulator cockpit of a Britannia. CU. Captain at the controls giving orders over the intercom. SV. Captain reaches forward to a switch on the control panel and co-pilot at the controls. BV. Captain, engineer and co-pilot at the controls. SCU. Co-pilot decreases the throttle controls. CU. Control panel needles dropping on the dials as the engines are cut. SV. Crew stepping out of the Britannia simulator, & SCU. GV. Interior shot factory where the simulators are built. SV. Britannia simulator. SV. Comet Mark IV simulator. SCU. Technicians removing nose panel from a nearly completed Viscount simulator. GV. Elevated shot o
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