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  1. He Pioneered Jet Engines

    Date released
    16 Apr 1962
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    62/31
    NoS ID
    110140
    Story no
    4 / 5
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 ephemera, 1 shot list

    Sir Frank Whittle, jet inventor, lays foundation stone of Bristol Siddeley works.

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  2. Concorde 02

    Date released
    18 Jan 1973
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    2276A
    NoS ID
    029727
    Story no
    1 / 4

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Concorde 02. DESCRIPTION: The French Concorde 02 on first flight at Toulouse. SHOTLIST: GV zoom in Concorde 02 on runway at Toulouse. SV nose showing new fins. SV pan from nose of...

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  3. The Comet

    Date released
    1 Aug 1949
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1052
    NoS ID
    015864
    Story no
    3 / 5

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Comet - Britain Jet Air Liner. DESCRIPTION: At the De Havilland factory we see the first four-engined jet air-liner being put through its paces by Catseyes Cunningham, he chats with...

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  4. Concorde Breaks Sound Barrier

    Date released
    17 Aug 1970
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    2150
    NoS ID
    028438
    Story no
    1 / 9

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Concorde Breaks Sound Barrier. DESCRIPTION: The British Concorde 002 breaks the sound barrier in its first flight since being grounded in April for new engines and control systems....

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  5. (Untitled record)

    Date released
    5 Oct 1969
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    69/81
    NoS ID
    113799
    Story no
    3 / 8
    Extras
    1 film clip

    The screams of jet engines from airliners landing and leaving near-by Heathrow Airport upset four newly arrived elephants. The answer was found - elephant-sized ear muffs!

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  6. World’s Most Powerful Jet

    Date released
    4 Sep 1950
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1109
    NoS ID
    016638
    Story no
    3 / 6

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: World’s Most Powerful Jet. DESCRIPTION: Installed in a RAF Meteor 8 Interceptor Fighter are two of the new Sapphire jet engines - the most powerful ever designed. It was demonstrated...

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  7. New Aircraft Exhibition

    Date released
    15 Jul 1963
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    63/57
    NoS ID
    110747
    Story no
    2 / 5
    Extras
    1 film clip

    From Wright Brothers’ plane to latest jet engines, exhibition covers history of flying.

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  8. Muffling the Sound

    Date released
    5 Feb 1959
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1548A
    NoS ID
    022852
    Story no
    2 / 6

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Muffling the Sound. DESCRIPTION: The problem of Jet-sound was tackled at London Airport. A member of the ground crew in a sound-proof booth received constant frequency signals, his...

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  9. Russian ‘Copter

    Date released
    14 Nov 1957
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1484A
    NoS ID
    022029
    Story no
    5 / 6

    A giant helicopter, with its two jet engines, might perhaps be described as Russia’s answer to the Fairey Rotodyne. The Soviet machine claims to have beaten an American helicopter-record, by lifting a...

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  10. Comet’s Week-End Trip

    Date released
    8 May 1952
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1196A
    NoS ID
    017779
    Story no
    8 / 8

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Comet First Passenger Service. DESCRIPTION: A copy of Movietone’s latest newsreel was on board the Comet, when it made the World’s first regular jet-liner air service. Leaving...

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