A Year Of Achievements - Technicolor (1966)

This item is filmed in Technicolor - review of the year 1966.
Various shots of the Farnborough air show. SV. Towards and pan, VC 10 aircraft taking off. SV. Pan, the Islander taking off. It lifts off, pan up as another one flies past in opposite direction. SV. Air to air shot, the Turbulent £950 ready made (or in kit form) aircraft. CU. Pilot in open cockpit. SV. Air to air, the short sky van in flight. GV. Air to air shot, the Trident in flight. GV. Air to air, RAF (Royal Air Force) Red Arrows in formation, & SV. & CU. & GV.
GV. US New York skyline. SV. Group of motorcycle police waiting for the arrival of Prince Philip the Duke of Edinburgh. CU. Revolver in holster. LV. Motorcycle police moving away to form escort. SV. The Duke moves away in his Rolls Royce. SV. Group of women waving. Pan down to the Duke's car driving away. Travel shot, procession. Travel shot, American motorcycle escort, & CU. AS. Pan down New York building to the Duke and party walking down steps. GV. New York street scene and crowds. Pan up to American stores. SV. Interior, the Duke standing to show table in stores selecting articles. GV. Exterior, New York street scene. SV. The Duke leaving store smiling and waving. He stops and walks over to chat to a woman.
Short sequence showing British success at Commonwealth Games, Jamaica. GV. Commonwealth games swimming pool. AS. Pan down, Brian Phelps diving. SV. The Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Charles and Princess Anne in the audience applauding. CU. Brian Phelps showing his gold medal. Pan up to close up shot of Brian Phelps. CU. Jills Lattery showing her gold medal after winning the 220 yards breast stroke. LV. Pan, Lynn Davies starting his run for the long jump. SV. As he jumps to win gold medal. SCU. Pan, Lynn Davies. Top view, pan, the finish of the 110 yards backstroke final with Linda Ludgrove. She wins. SV. Linda Ludgrove with her gold medal. CU. Linda Ludgrove smiling.
LV. Astronaut on space capsule in space. CU. Capsule. SV. Astronaut comes back into capsule. Three shots - Agena floating in space. GV. The Earth. SV. Capsule in the sea, frogman opens doors of capsule. He gives the o.k. sign by raising his arms. CU. Helicopter overhead. SV. One of the astronauts jumping down from capsule into life raft. LV. The other astronaut jumps down and joins the first one in the life raft.
GV. The Burma oil company's oil rig at sea - air shot. Nearer air shot of the rig at sea. SV. Oil rig showing gas being burnt off, & LV. Closer shot of the rig, & GV.
SV. Three angle shots of the radiators of the cars at the motor show. GV. The Earls Court motor show. SV. Morris car on show. LV. Vauxhall car. LV. The new Cortina. SV. Interior of Cortina showing steering wheel and dashboard, & CU. LV. The new Triumph GT 6. LV. The new Rolls Royce. CU. Twin headlamps. Low angle shot of new Rolls.
LV. Towards and pan, Lord Mayor's coach arriving at the Law Courts, London at the Lord Mayor's Show. LV. Pikemen Guard of Honour. SV. Pan, Lord Mayor walking into the Law Courts to be sworn in. GV. Skyscraper buildings over London. LV. Pan, skyscrapers. AS. New skyscraper building. AS. Pan up the building.
Closer shot, top of the Big Ben. GV. Exterior, Houses of Parliament. GV. Interior, Parliament. The Queen on the throne in full regalia in the House of Lords. CU. The Queen. GV. Interior of House of Commons with Black Rod entering. He walks up to the speaker's chair. GV. In reverse, Black Rod addressing the speaker - natural sound. He calls the commons to join the pears for the Queen's speech. He finishes, all members rise and start to walk out of the commons.
Three shots, mass crowds waving at Wembley stadium during football World Cup final match between England and West Germany. LV. Score board - England 2, West Germany 2. GV. England attacking. LV. Ball goes to Hurst who steadies it, turns and shoots. The ball hits underside of bar and bounces down into the goal then out into play again. Pan as the referee runs over to confer with linesman. GV. As he talks with the linesman and linesman says it was a goal and referee signals it. English players run back jubilantly as the Germans run over to argue with the linesman. Back view, group of English players hugging one another. GV. Mass crowds cheering and waving Union Jacks. CU. Score board - England 3, West Germany 2. LV. Pan, Hurst wit the ball running down left wing. He shoots and ball goes into net. England officials jumping up with joy as goal is scored. CU. English players hugging each other. CU. Jimmy Graves hugging Nobby Stiles. CU. Peters, Stiles and one of the reserves. CU. Ball being hugged. CU. The Cup trophy being held aloft. LV. Pan, Nobby Stiles skipping along holding the World Cup trophy. SV. Crowd cheering. CU. Bobby Charlto
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[@john111257]

AWESOME

[@fenrichlee2867]

I love Britain with all it's pomp and ceremony, with it's origins going back through the centuries to time immemorial - That'll be before Richard the 1st. Eat your hearts out Americans...

[@888ssss]

more solid society. solid results, but at the time everything seemed in crisis.

[@luisreyes1963]

To think that most of this happened just when I was born in June 1966. 👶

[@DrRock2009]

World Cup baby 😎

[@andydixon2980]

The UK then seemed full of optimism and promise. Or is it just propaganda with smiles and cheery music?

[@luisreyes1963]

At least they didn't get their hands bloody in Vietnam.