Hush-Hush Plane Flies OK

Series

Series Name

Pathe News

Issue

Issue No.

49/61

Date Released

1 Aug 1949

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Crack Horsemen Ride at White City
2. 2Hush-Hush Plane Flies OK
3. 3Yorkshire’s Royal Week
4. 4Kent Greets Viking Invaders
5. 5Six Year Olds Win Italian Band Contest
6. *Royal Visit to Leeds

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Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 5

Summary

The world’s first all-jet airliner, the de Havilland Comet, is flown for the first time by Group Captain "Cats Eyes" Cunningham.

Keywords

Aviation

Locations

Hertfordshire; Hatfield

Footage sources

De Havilland

Length of story (in feet)

128

Story extras:

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Notes

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