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Britain’s Biggest Aircraft and Supersonic Rocket Test

Date released

13 Oct 1947

Series name

Universal News

Issue no

1799

NoS ID

149615

Story no

3 / 4

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Wings: The Jet Age (1987 Video)

Producer

Peter Bucknall

Subject

Engineering

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 54 min.

Traces the history of manned flight from the earliest attempts to the modern supersonic jet aircraft, concentrating on the jet aircraft, which became operational by 1945. Follows the rapid development in...

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New military aircraft the supersonic Harrier (1983)

Genre

Interview

Interview with test pilot John Farley on the new military aircraft, the supersonic Harrier, being built at Kingston, and which it is hoped will get the go ahead to go into production. Male interviewer not...

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Visions of Change - The Evolution of the British TV Documentary

Date

31 Mar 2016, 16:28

Author

Ben Hodson

Post Type

BUFVC Article

The British Film Institute continues its re-evaluation of the British documentary tradition with Visions of Change, an extensive collection of television films made during the 1950s and 1960s. Dr Ieuan...

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Harold Wilson Opens New Major Test Facility For Supersonic Aircraft

Date released

14 Jul 1967

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

67/56

NoS ID

112669

Story no

2 / 3

Extras

1 film clip

Prime Minister Harold Wilson officially opens a new major test facility for supersonic aircraft at the Ministry of Technology National Gas Turbine Establishment in Hampshire. It’s the biggest of its sort...

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Archibald Russell on Concorde production hiatus (1977)

Genre

Interview

Alan Clark interviews Sir Archibald Russell, Concorde designer, on the news that Concorde production is likely to stop. He talks about the reason for the hiatus in production, profitability problems and how...

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Supersonic Hypersonic Flight

Date released

1965

Series name

Frontier

Issue no

14

NoS ID

324979

Story no

1 / 1

COI synopsis: Shows a stage in the development of supersonic aircraft and experiments carried out on air frames and engines for higher speeds in the future. Dr Seddon of the Royal Aircraft Establishment,...

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He Flies Through the Air

Date released

25 Feb 1957

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1447

NoS ID

021519

Story no

2 / 4

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: He Flies Through the Air. DESCRIPTION: An experiment studies the effect of using an ejector seat at supersonic speeds. A dummy jet plane travels on a track up to 1,500 miles an hour....

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Concorde noise levels controversy (1978)

Genre

Interview; News report

Report on controversy over the noise levels created by the supersonic aircraft Concorde at Kennedy Airport in New York. The Concorde does not have any special flight patterns or regulations in place to...

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Roosevelt on Carter and Concorde (1976)

Genre

Interview

Interview with former US Congressman and son of the war-time President, Franklin D. Roosevelt, on Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter’s electoral campaign for President. Also if the Concorde supersonic aircraft...

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