SRN4 A Very British Hovercraft BHC Video

[@stevewaldock4379]

You can really sense the optimism of that era when you watch films like this.

[@brianfearn4246]

Absolutely brilliant.. when passengers had respect for the staff . Not like today. Roll the clock back please....

[@chrispaw1]

Brian Fearn yeah today its staff having no respect for customer service. Roll the clock back please.

[@brownbear1657]

@@chrispaw1 No, it's people not respecting staff

[@aryanscience]

I boarded drunk as a skunk and was denied any more booze !! I never forgot that!

[@dfolt]

Invaluable footage, particularly on the prototype. Thanks for sharing!

[@LeofromFreo]

Smartly dressed people back then. Attractive.

[@Keithbarber]

Very fascinating on what was very futuristic views of the last quarter of the 20th century - "towards 2000"

[@BritanniaPacific]

Today, only princess Anne survives, after princess Margaret was recently scrapped.

[@المعدنالغالي]

It is evident in car models that photography was between 1968-1969 من من الواضع في التصوير في موديلات السيارات ان التصوير بين عامي ١٩٦٩ -١٩٦٨

[@markjessurun7765]

WOW what a Good world this was! We had the biggest and the Best!! The Baddest in the whole world!! What happened 2 it all?? This world won't end nice but it will end !!

[@TimTim-jf3pk]

When Britain was great

[@flybobbie1449]

What are we known for now. I was inspired as a child growing up, Thunderbirds, Lightning, Vulcan, QE2, Concorde, SRN4, what else lay in the future. Well as i started work in the forging industry (to provide the cash to train as a commercial pilot) i could see British industry starved of cash and slowly going down hill. Now we are a warehouse country, Napoleon was right, shop keepers.

[@philipdormer9434]

If only they had converted them to Diesel, they could still have been competitive today.

[@billyshearer1]

Did Tony Ferrino use this music?

[@brianfearn4246]

It seemingly wasn't a good idea to have a combe over in those days.

[@Butlerbob]

Or take the Stena Discovery but it sailed from Harwich to Hoek van Holland vice verca, but these too became too expensive due to fuel consumption, if you still want to enjoy a sea trip across the Channel, take the DFDS ferry from Dunkirk, 2.5 hours enjoy the view, huh what view? ha ha ha only water but I always thought it was a great crossing except to experience once with wind force 9 to 10 and is definitely not recommended, ha ha ha

[@brianfearn4246]

£7 pounds return.. bring them back. I'm sure Sean Connery would agree when filming diamonds are forever.

[@straightpipediesel]

Only because it was heavily subsidized by the taxpayer, both through development support and through British Rail's operation. Just like the Concorde.

[@t.p.mckenna]

He was never anywhere near the thing. There was just a single wildtrack of the hovercraft department which a second unit filmed without permission. There was no way Connery would have taken the risk of having his Vodka Martini shhaken, shturrred, and splaasshhhed all down his best Aushhhtin Reed.

[@MM-ci2cv]

no africans/iraqis etc loitering there and trying to sneak across/attack travellers/lorry drivers eh.....