Isle of Wight Hovercraft Southampton June 1970

This is a cine film taken by my father Cleeve Phillip Belcher in June 1970 when we were on the ferry (The Norris Castle) coming home from the Isle of Wight into Southampton docks. It shows the Seaspeed British Rail hovercraft and the Shearwater hydrofoil Red Funnel Sealight. Also a shot of a building called Ratsey & Lapthorn.

[@howardmoody5700]

Brilliant piece of film.

[@howardmoody5700]

Great hovercraft action. Thanks for posting.

[@littlenige]

Wonderful! I used to do a paper round each morning in Cowes and would go to watch the 07.00hrs hovercraft depart. The smell of aviation fuel and the noise was great!

[@garethbramley1]

Terrific footage. SRN-6 at 0:38 operated by Seaspeed (not Hovertravel).
Ratsey & Lapthorn were and are sailmakers based in Cowes - www.ratseyandlapthorn.com/