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Focus on Aircraft Production

Date released

6 Jan 1958

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

58/2

NoS ID

108001

Story no

5 / 5

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

Yet another promising aircraft scrapped - what’s the trouble in Britain’s aircraft industry? Is the industry or the government to blame? Is the problem technical or economic? Pathe News investigates the...

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Flight in Birds and Aeroplanes (1996 Video)

Director

Peter Howell

Subject

Biology; Physics

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 1997 sale: £12.50 (+VAT inc. p&p)

John Maynard Smith describes the way flight developed in the animal kingdom: the fossil record indicates that the long tails which stabilised the flight of the first birds evolved into shorter, less stable...

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British aircraft inspector following American air tragedy (1979)

Genre

Interview

Unidentified male aircraft inspector, inspecting British DC10 aircraft following a fatal accident at the Chicago O’Hare International Airport. The accident, which involved an American Airlines DC10,...

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50th Anniversary of Miles aircraft - 29 March [1975-1986]

Today marked the fiftieth anniversary of the maiden flight of the Miles Haw, a two-seater aeroplane designed by the late F. G. Miles. To celebrate, a group of former pilots and workers from the Miles...

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Remoulding of aircraft tyres (1982)

Genre

Interview; Discussion; Special

Discussions about the risks and process of remoulding aircraft tyres following the crash of a DC 10 aircraft in Malaga. Also description of tests on tyres at the test site. Male speakers not identified....

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Married in Mid-Air

Date released

29 Dec 1919

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

628

NoS ID

081233

Story no

2 / 3

Extras

1 film clip

SHOTLIST: 1. MS group of people seated in aircraft. [32 ft] 2. LS aircraft in flight. [8 ft] 3. CY from cockpit of aircraft of man walking along wing, whilst aircraft is in flight. [20 ft]

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Tour of the London Aircraft Museum (1981)

Genre

Interview

A tour of the London Aircraft Museum with details of the history of aircraft in London and the companies that built them. Male guide and female reporter not identified.

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New aircraft unveiled (1986)

Genre

News report; Interview

Holder of the land speed record, Richard Noble, launches his new model of small training aircraft, the Super-2. Here he explains his new design and the reasons for it, whilst standing by the aircraft. Male...

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Lifting of ban on DC-10 aircraft (1979)

Genre

Interview

Unidentified male official on the lifting of the ban on DC-10 aircraft following the Flight 191 disaster in Chicago. Includes his view that authorities should err on the side of safety, not expediency. Male...

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DC-10 plane safety - Interview with engineer (1979)

Genre

Interview

Interview with unidentified British male engineer of an airline operating DC-10 aircraft. The aeroplane’s safety was called into question following a fatal crash in Chicago. Male interviewer not identified.

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