Flying Giant Lands on Thames

Series

Series Name
Pathe News

Issue

Issue No.
49/37
Date Released
9 May 1949
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Overseas Buyers Flock to Britain’s Trade Fair
  2. 2Flying Giant Lands on Thames
  3. 3Mystery Fire: Six Injured
  4. 4Holland Celebrates Queen’s Birthday
  5. 5Shanghai Encircled: Last Britons Leave
  6. 6Ten Nations Join Council of Europe

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 6
Summary
For the first time in twenty-one years, a flying boat lands on the Thames.
Keywords
Aviation
Locations
London; England
Credits:
Camera
Robert Kenneth Leslie Gordon
Length of story (in feet)
77
Story extras:
Film clip
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