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  1. Jet Craft Pierce Sound Barrier

    Date released
    24 Jan 1949
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    1868
    NoS ID
    041483
    Story no
    3 / 7

    Pilotless aircraft launched from mother-plane attains fastest recorded flight. Captain Yaegar makes aviation history by piercing sound barrier.

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  2. Rome - Amsterdam - Londonderry - Iceland - Montreal - Chicago!

    Date released
    6 Jul 1933
    Series name
    Pathe Super Sound Gazette
    Issue no
    33/54
    NoS ID
    090706
    Story no
    2 / 5
    Extras
    1 film clip

    The intrepid General Balbo and his "Air Armada", all bachelors, all volunteers, embark on the most spectacular adventures in the history of aviation. Then came - tragedy. A short stay - then off to...

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  3. Genius of the Jet (1997 Video)

    Producer
    Glyn Jones; Nicholas Jones
    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    In a unique interview shown for the first time, Sir Frank Whittle tells the story of his small band of engineers who, frustrated at every official turn, pursued the development of the jet engine. Tells how...

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  4. News in Flashes

    Date released
    4 Aug 1955
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    2549
    NoS ID
    045968
    Story no
    2 / 5

    In replica of Bleriot’s plane a French-Canadian crosses channel and returns to France.

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  5. The Sky Their Stage

    Date released
    2 Jul 1928
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    1516
    NoS ID
    086925
    Story no
    6 / 8
    Extras
    1 film clip

    King and Queen and enormous crowd see and cheer RAF pageant - "greatest ever" in history of aviation.

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  6. News Digest

    Date released
    1943
    Series name
    The Gen
    Issue no
    4
    NoS ID
    080842
    Story no
    11 / 12

    Pompeii: British airmen visit ruins; Vesuvius erupting.

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  7. Comet Makes History in Air Travel

    Date released
    31 Oct 1949
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    1948
    NoS ID
    042008
    Story no
    4 / 6

    New jet airliner flies to North Africa and back at 450 mph

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  8. New Milestone in Flying History

    Date released
    1 May 1930
    Series name
    Topical Budget
    Issue no
    975-1
    NoS ID
    133330
    Story no
    2 / 5

    Duchess of Bedford flies in to Croydon, having flown to Capetown and back in under 21 days.

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  9. Hindenberg, The (2004)

    Subject
    Engineering; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 70 minutes), £9.99

    A documentary examining the Hindenberg airship disaster which happened in 1937. NASA experts re-examine the facts.

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  10. Airship That Made History

    Date released
    31 Jan 1921
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    742
    NoS ID
    081729
    Story no
    6 / 6
    Extras
    1 film clip

    R34 that made voyage to America and back collapses after safely reaching her base.

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