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  1. U-Boat Killer

    Date released
    14 Jun 1943
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    43/47
    NoS ID
    099996
    Story no
    2 / 3
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    A converted merchant ship becomes in a sense an aircraft carrier for helicopters, when a Sikorsky helicopter shows how it can land and take off from its special flight deck. The idea is to load the...

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  2. Helicopter Opens New Flying Era

    Date released
    16 Jun 1947
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    1700
    NoS ID
    040579
    Story no
    2 / 3
    Extras
    1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

    A far cry from early experimental machines is this Sikorsky helicopter, put through its paces before interested spectators.

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  3. Helicopters Lifeboats of the Future

    Date released
    6 Nov 1947
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    1741
    NoS ID
    040790
    Story no
    1 / 5
    Extras
    1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 ephemera, 1 shot list

    Maid of all work aircraft is this new Sikorsky helicopter demonstrating relief of lighthouse and rescue at sea off Dungeness.

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  4. Atlantic Helicopter Service

    Date released
    4 Aug 1952
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1209
    NoS ID
    017958
    Story no
    2 / 5

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Helicopters Fly Atlantic. DESCRIPTION: The first helicopters ever to fly the Atlantic were the Hopalong and the Whirlaway - American Sikorsky S-55 machines. The route taken was from...

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  5. Giant Helicopter

    Date released
    25 Jan 1954
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1286
    NoS ID
    019004
    Story no
    3 / 8

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Giant Helicopter. DESCRIPTION: At the Sikorsky Aircraft field in Connecticut, a new American helicopter, the XHR 2 S, shows what a load it can carry - twenty-six fully equipped men,...

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  6. Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Commonwealth Commentary: England - Helicopter Lands on Horse Guards Parade

    Date released
    23 Jun 1947
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    942
    NoS ID
    014502
    Story no
    7 / 8

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: First Helicopter to Land in London. DESCRIPTION: The first helicopter touch down ever made in the heart of London. SHOTLIST: KS Over camera shot of Westland Sikorsky helicopter coming...

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  7. Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Looking Down on Britain’s Harvest

    Date released
    28 Aug 1947
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    951A
    NoS ID
    014614
    Story no
    2 / 5

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Harvesting By Helicopter. DESCRIPTION: Flying over farm land in Somerset and Dorset we can look down on the success of Britain’s harvest. SHOTLIST: KS Wheat swaying in the wind....

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  8. Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: War Extension Fails to Stop Lease-Lend Aid

    Date released
    15 Dec 1941
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    654
    NoS ID
    012075
    Story no
    5 / 6

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Assembling US Planes. DESCRIPTION: The Lease-lend Aid continues despite America’s entry into the war. Recently more American aircraft arrived to strengthen the RAF. SHOTLIST: The...

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  9. Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Navy Tests Arctic Equipment

    Date released
    7 Feb 1949
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1027
    NoS ID
    015561
    Story no
    3 / 6

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Arctic Ships. DESCRIPTION: Aboard the aircraft carrier Vengeance, Captain Terry is interviewed on the object of their voyage to the Arctic. SHOTLIST: KS LS aircraft carrier HMS...

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  10. Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: By Hare and Tortoise to Paris

    Date released
    4 Oct 1948
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1009
    NoS ID
    015355
    Story no
    5 / 6

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Operation Hare & Tortoise. DESCRIPTION: A relay flight of two helicopters and a Meteor jet, delivered a letter from the Lord Mayor of London to his Paris counterpart in 47 minutes....

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