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  1. 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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  2. Kegworth air disaster - Investigators interview pilot (1989)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Kegworth Air Disaster. Margaret Shiels reports on the interview between an air accident investigator and pilot Captain Kevin Hunt at Leicester Royal Infirmary. Consultant Mike Pepperman on the interview...

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  3. 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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  4. (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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  5. Kegworth air disaster - Head of accident investigation team (1989)

    Genre
    Interview; Speech

    Kegworth air disaster. Head of the accident investigation team in Leicestershire, Ed Trimble, stating that the key focus of the investigation will be both engines of the Boeing 737, which will be stripped...

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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. Land speed record attempt fails (1982)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Report on the failed attempt to beat the world land speed record. Driver Richard Noble talks about the weather conditions which ruined the attempt. Male interviewer not identified.

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  9. 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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  10. 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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