Calais 1975 archive footage

Cars leaving the overcraft in Calais in 1975

Archival footage shot by an Austrian filmmaker before or after his English Channel-crossing hovercraft journey in 1975. It contains stock footage of the hovercraft – called “Sure”, operated by Hoverlloyd and arriving from Ramsgate – stopping at the port and deflating, and cars disembarking from the hold. The company ended its service in 1981. The […]