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Gatwick Airport Ready

Date released

2 Jun 1958

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1513

NoS ID

022417

Story no

5 / 6

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Gatwick Airport Ready. DESCRIPTION: Gatwick, Britain’s latest airport, nears completion. It has wonderful transport facilities, and it is the first airport in the world with road,...

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Queen Opens Gatwick Airport

Date released

12 Jun 1958

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

58/47

NoS ID

108197

Story no

1 / 5

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

Her Majesty inaugurates Britain’s latest airport, and visits nearby Crawley.

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City Of The Air

Date released

1964

Series name

Look At Life

Issue no

272

NoS ID

350289

Story no

1 / 1

BFI synopsis: London Airport is expanding to meet the ever increasing flow of traffic soon expected to reach 10 million passengers a year. Gatwick is also being extended and there is a need for a new airport...

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Reports: New Wonder Airport at Gatwick

Date released

8 Jun 1936

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

366

NoS ID

006541

Story no

12 / 12

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: New Wonder Airport. SHOTLIST: Aerial and ground shots of Gatwick Airport. Shots of the planes on the ground. Shot of new telescopic landing gangway. Lord Swinton opens same. Shot of Sir...

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Gatwick Airport Opened - Clem Sohn’s Parachute Opens Late During Flight

Date released

8 Jun 1936

Series name

Gaumont British News

Issue no

255

NoS ID

054714

Story no

13 / 13

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet

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The Queen Opens Gatwick

Date released

12 Jun 1958

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1514A

NoS ID

022428

Story no

1 / 7

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Queen Opens Gatwick. DESCRIPTION: London’s second airport, twenty miles away from the capital, is easy to reach by road or rail. Her Majesty the Queen and Prince Philip came to...

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Airtour Aircraft

Date released

17 Jan 1972

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

2224

NoS ID

029204

Story no

4 / 6

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Airtour Aircraft. DESCRIPTION: The first of BEAs ex BOACs, Boeing 707s lands at Gatwick, a range of 5,000 miles, BEA can now go to the Mediterranean, and is the first Government Airline...

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(Untitled record)

Date released

25 Dec 1969

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

69/104

NoS ID

113943

Story no

1 / 6

Extras

1 film clip

The start of the London-Sydney Air Race had been delayed 24-hours because of bad weather, but eventually pilots from 16 nations took off on the start of their 12,000 mile journey to a Christmas in the sunshine.

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Heliport

Date released

2 Jan 1956

Series name

Colour Pictorial

Issue no

053

NoS ID

120135

Story no

1 / 3

Extras

1 film clip

NoS Summary - Captain John Crewdson demonstrates the new Augusta-Bell 45G helicopter. Also shows the helicopter being guided into a teleporter, an adaptation of an RAF trailer which can carry the helicopter...

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(Untitled record)

Date released

9 Jan 1969

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

69/4

NoS ID

113402

Story no

1 / 6

Extras

1 film clip

50 died when an Afghanistan Boeing 727 smashed into a house while making an approach to the Sussex airport in dense fog. Two of the victims where in the house, but miraculously their baby daughter was...

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