Original upload date: Sun, 13 Apr 2014 02:00:00 GMT
Archive date: Sun, 28 Nov 2021 08:28:05 GMT
Brands Hatch, Kent.
LV. Jet man (man with an engine attached to his back) takes off and goes up about 50 feet, turns and comes down again and lands. LV. Pressmen. SV. The pilot with rocket belt on
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. LV. Crowd gathered around.
SV. Pilot Gordon Yaegen and racing driver Tony Lanfranchi at start of race - one is in a car and the other is wearing rocket belt. LV. Yaegen starts his jets and then takes off to race Lanfranchi. They come towards and out of picture.
London.
Scenes of 'Getaway' discs which skim, soar and hover being thrown around - newest teenage craze nowadays commonly known as Frisbee. LV. Crowd throwing discs around. SV. Cathy McGowan runs towards camera and shakes hands with pop singer Joe Brown - they are at London launching of the new craze. CU. Joe Brown. LV. Discs being thrown around. SV. Joe Brown and Cathy McGowan throw discs. Pan to general view of crowd throwing discs around. Girls dancing a new 'Getaway' dance. Cut to African tribe in traditional clothes dancing. Back to the girls dancing.
Note: this may be an early appearance of "Pan's People".
FILM ID:2001.09
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