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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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Fly-By-Wire (1989 Video)

Producer

Ben Shephard

Subject

Engineering; Technology

Distribution

out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. Betamax. col. 52 min.

Advances in aviation technology give computers a central role in the control of modern jet aircraft. For many years military aircraft have incorporated fly-by-wire technology. The first fly-by-wire civil...

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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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Victory Report: Happy Landings: aircraft landing systems - 21 Apr [1975-1986]

Report on new rival automatic landing systems for aircraft developed by Britain and America and the decision to be taken in Montreal by the International Civil Aviation Authority on which should be adopted...

ILR South Radio Online Audio

David Samuelson (1924-2015)

Date

2 Nov 2015, 13:32

Author

Linda

Post Type

Post

David Samuelson, one of the few surviving British newsreel cameramen, passed away on 28th October at the age of 91. He joined British Movietone News as a projectionist in 1941 progressing through the cutting...

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Aircraft Instrument Makers Inspect Aircraft

Date released

1 Sep 1941

Series name

Universal News

Issue no

1161

NoS ID

146661

Story no

5 / 6

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Wind Tunnel

Date released

21 Feb 1955

Series name

Colour Pictorial

Issue no

008

NoS ID

119987

Story no

3 / 3

Extras

1 film clip

NoS Summary - Aviation technicians subject model aircraft, including a Comet 3, to various pressures in a wind tunnel at the De Havilland Aircraft Co. in Hatfield, Hertfordshire.

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Progress in Flight

Date released

1960

Series name

Montage

Issue no

1

NoS ID

349555

Story no

2 / 4

NoS synopsis: shows some developments in the aircraft industry, including the Hovercraft and the Fairey Rotodyne in flight

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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...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Sir Stafford Cripps, Minister of Aircraft Production, Visits Aircraft Workers

Date released

14 Jan 1943

Series name

Universal News

Issue no

1304

NoS ID

147255

Story no

2 / 3

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