Meet the 'Hoverbus'. Cowes, Isle of Man.
L/S the S.R.N.2. (Hovercraft) outside Hangar. C/U propellor turning. M/S rear of Hovercraft showing engines oil coolers. M/S engines. C/U a oil cooler. M/S people getting into the hovercraft. M/S passengers seated inside the Hovercraft. C/U the designer Mr. H. Stanton-Jones and Admiral Ralph K. James chief of purchase and maintenance of the U.S. Navy.
L/S the S.R.N.2. sea coming towards camera. M/S interior showing Mr. Peter Lamb at the controls. C/U Peter Lamb. L/S the S.R.N.2. at speed. M/S of passengers on board. L/S looking out of porthole L/S the S.R.N.2. moving towards land hardly visible through the spray. L/S looking through porthole as the S.R.N.2. beaches. L/S S.R.N.2. on land.
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