The Seaspeed Express

This documentary highlights the practicality and efficiency of hovercraft travel across the channel. It follows a sales executive transporting engineering samples to Lille and a family embarking on a holiday to Paris. Both journeys utilize the Dover route, emphasizing the hovercraft's speed and convenience.

The film takes an impressionistic approach, relying solely on visuals without commentary. This technique allows viewers to absorb the experience of hovercraft travel while appreciating the landscapes and scenes along the journey. The same footage was also used in the production of Seaspeed Hovercraft, providing a cohesive look at this mode of transportation in the 1980s.