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  1. (Untitled record)

    Date released
    29 Oct 1945
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    1530
    NoS ID
    039753
    Story no
    4 / 8
    Extras
    1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

    Gloster Meteor, world’s fastest plane prepares for speed record attempt.

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  2. Up with Air Speed Mark

    Date released
    19 Aug 1946
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    1614
    NoS ID
    040168
    Story no
    6 / 7

    Gloster Meteor exceeds 620 mph on speed test.

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  3. Airspeed Record

    Date released
    3 Dec 1945
    Series name
    World Pictorial News
    Issue no
    239
    NoS ID
    156475
    Story no
    4 / 4

    The British-made Meteor. Barrage balloons mark course of the first flight. A view of "what six hundred miles an hour looks like from the pilot’s cockpit". First test runs made by Eric Greenwood, chief...

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  4. Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Meteor’s Speed Record

    Date released
    12 Nov 1945
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    858
    NoS ID
    013620
    Story no
    3 / 4

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Meteor Break Speed Record. DESCRIPTION: The "Gloster Meteor IV" flown by Eric Greenwood and the "Britannia" flown by Group Captain Wilson attempt the Air Speed Record. Both planes made...

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  5. Air Exhibition Draws All Paris

    Date released
    21 Nov 1946
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    1641
    NoS ID
    040309
    Story no
    3 / 7

    Gloster Meteor and other British aircraft are star exhibits at French Air Exhibition.

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  6. British Jets Climb and Speed to Supremacy

    Date released
    10 Sep 1951
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    2142
    NoS ID
    043260
    Story no
    2 / 5

    a. Gloster Meteor climbs seven miles in 3 1/2 minutes. b. Canberra bomber flies to Glen Martin Company’s airfield after Atlantic record.

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  7. Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Weather Beats Air Record Attempt

    Date released
    19 Jan 1948
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    972
    NoS ID
    014889
    Story no
    4 / 6

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Gloster Meteor Air Speed Record Attempt. DESCRIPTION: Squadron Leader Bill Waterton had to abandon his attempt on the Air Speed Record owing to bad weather. SHOTLIST: KS MS Meteor on...

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  8. Behind the News - Air Speed Record - Inside Story

    Date released
    29 Aug 1946
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    46/69
    NoS ID
    101277
    Story no
    7 / 7
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    Story shows the effort of designers and workmen in producing the Gloster Meteor - fastest plane on earth. With a special exclusive statement from a leading British scientists. (NS)

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  9. Secrets of the Air

    Date released
    17 Sep 1951
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1163
    NoS ID
    017368
    Story no
    1 / 5

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Secrets of the Air. Farnborough Air Show. DESCRIPTION: The Society of British Aircraft Constructors has again put on a wonderful display at Farnborough. It drew crowds of people who...

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  10. The Mozzie and the Squirt

    Date released
    19 Jul 1945
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    45/58
    NoS ID
    100754
    Story no
    1 / 3
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    A six-pounder gun fitted to Mosquito aircraft made it one of the war’s most effective U-boat killers. First operational use of the six-pounder carrying aircraft was in November 1943. Another British plane...

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