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

* Story has local or special distribution

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:
Film clip
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Notes
Pathe now also handles the Reuters Historical Collection, which includes the British Paramount, Empire British, Gaumont Graphic and Gaumont British newsreels.
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