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  1. Lithgow’s Air Record

    Date released
    2 Oct 1953
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    53/75
    NoS ID
    105524
    Story no
    6 / 6
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

    Test pilot Mike Lithgow cracks Neville Duke’s air record at Castle Idris, flying a Swift.

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  2. Lithgow Record

    Date released
    1 Oct 1953
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1269A
    NoS ID
    018790
    Story no
    6 / 6

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Lithgow’s Record. DESCRIPTION: Lieutenant-Commander Mike Lithgow, flying a Vickers Swift F-4 Jet Fighter, made his World Air Speed record bid over the Libyan desert. His average speed...

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  3. London - Paris Dash

    Date released
    9 Jul 1953
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1257A
    NoS ID
    018620
    Story no
    3 / 5

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Swift London/Paris Dash. DESCRIPTION: The Vickers Supermarine Swift has set up a new record for the flights from London to Paris and back. The pilot who did the trick was 32-year-old...

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  4. 737.3 MPH Very Swift Indeed

    Date released
    1 Oct 1953
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    2357
    NoS ID
    044634
    Story no
    8 / 8
    Extras
    1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

    Mike Lithgow raises speed record over desert course.

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  5. Air News

    Date released
    24 Sep 1953
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    53/73
    NoS ID
    105511
    Story no
    6 / 7
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 ephemera, 1 shot list

    Mike Lithgow prepares to challenge Duke’s air speed record in Libya.

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  6. The Price of Progress

    Date released
    23 Dec 1963
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1803
    NoS ID
    025368
    Story no
    2 / 4

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Price of Progress. DESCRIPTION: October 22nd, the fateful day Mike Lithgow and six men died when the BAC One Eleven crashed. Now two months later, at the controls of a new and...

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  7. Movietone’s Review of 1953

    Date released
    28 Dec 1953
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1282
    NoS ID
    018960
    Story no
    1 / 1

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Review of the Year - 1953. SHOTLIST: Cut story - CU Book ‘Movietone’s Review of the Year’ Title. hand opens book. CU 1953. Mix to flags and banners etc. Fade to broken sea wall,...

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