Thorney Island - Helicopter Display Aka Third International Helicopter Meeting (1969)
3rd International Helicopter Meeting at Thorney Island, Hampshire.
L/S helicopters on display at Thorney Island. M/S foreign helicopter. M/S foreign officers chatting, one is American. L/S US Air Force helicopter. M/S ditto, with pilot fixing on safety harness.
L/S fire fighting helicopter. L/S pilots and people milling around. M/S Whirlwind helicopter and man being lowered on static line. L/S soldier coming down static line. Pan down ditto. L/S fire extinguishing demonstration. L/S American rescue service helicopter with pump slung underneath arriving on scene.
M/S man looking through binoculars. C/U the American rescue helicopter hovering above. L/S people watching fire demonstration. L/S fire demonstration with helicopter just above the fire. C/U another helicopter flying overhead. L/S fire being put out. L/S flying helicopter display by French navy. L/S people watching three helicopters flying towards. C/U ditto. M/S foreign pilots watching, possibly Russian or Soviet? L/S