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  1. Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Experts Praise for the "Vampire"

    Date released
    17 Dec 1945
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    863
    NoS ID
    013657
    Story no
    4 / 4

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Expert’s Praise for the "Vampire". DESCRIPTION: The "Vampire" recently became the first jet-propelled plane to land on a carrier at sea. The famous American airman and designer, Major...

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  2. Historic Aircraft

    Date released
    6 Jun 1960
    Series name
    Colour Pictorial
    Issue no
    284
    NoS ID
    120899
    Story no
    1 / 3
    Extras
    1 film clip

    NoS Summary - Volunteers work to restore veteran aircraft in a hangar at London Airport. A Comet IV B jet, an Avro 504K bomber, a Bleriot Type 27, a Fokker D.VII, an SE5A British fighter, and a Sopwith Camel...

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  3. New Jet Helicopter

    Date released
    29 Jun 1959
    Series name
    Colour Pictorial
    Issue no
    235
    NoS ID
    120745
    Story no
    3 / 3
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Pathe synopsis: First of its kind is the "Kolibrie", a small ram-jet helicopter conceived in Holland. Even the most cynical aviator will sit up when he sees this rotorcraft at work.

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  4. Spotlight on Aviation

    Date released
    13 Jan 1955
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    2491
    NoS ID
    045514
    Story no
    7 / 8
    Extras
    1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

    First US Sabre Jet squadron lands on Dutch soil for western defence. US Multi-jet 600 mph seaplane prepares for test flight. US Electric light outlines aircraft-carrier batman to guide planes on to deck at...

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  5. Comet across the sky

    Date released
    1951
    Series name
    Oil Review
    Issue no
    2
    NoS ID
    349545
    Story no
    3 / 3

    Film User Summary - the developent of the world’s first jet airliner, the D. H. "Comet" BP synopsis: How the first all-jet air lines got off to a 500 m.p.h. start. September 1946 the design and...

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  6. Whisper jet flies off from London City (1992)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    BAE have developed a new jet airliner to fly from London City Airport to Europe which will fly to more destinations and hopefully be quieter. Emma Howard reports from the Docklands. Includes interviews with...

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  7. The London interview (1980)

    Genre
    Interview

    The London Interview, with Bob Holness. World War II fighter pilot John Cunningham tells how he ended up fighting at night. Cunningham describes being one of the first pilots to use radar and discusses the...

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  8. Tomorrow by Air

    Date released
    18 Nov 1946
    Series name
    This Modern Age
    Issue no
    3
    NoS ID
    346940
    Story no
    1 / 1

    NoS synopsis: The history of British aviation, from the pioneers of flight to the jet- research Lancastrian; current developments and modern civil aircraft types, culminating in the State-owned airways,...

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  9. Recent Developments in Aviation

    Date released
    1945
    Series name
    The Gen
    Issue no
    14
    NoS ID
    080916
    Story no
    3 / 6

    The Squirt, prototype Gloster-Whittle E28/39 jet aircraft, on test flight.

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  10. Kegworth air disaster- investigation starts (1989)

    Genre
    News report

    Simon Israel reports on the start of the investigation to find the causes of the crash of a British Midland Boeing aircraft on the M1 near Kegworth, Leicestershire (08/01/89). Similar aircraft have been...

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