Brabazon Ready for Maiden Flight

Series

Series Name
Pathe News

Issue

Issue No.
49/69
Date Released
29 Aug 1949
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Miniature War Staged for King Abdullah
  2. 218 Year Old Swims the Channel
  3. 3Speed King Tests No-Roll Ship
  4. 4Manstein Trial Begins
  5. 581st Birthday Jump
  6. 6Brabazon Ready for Maiden Flight
  7. *Gaelic Football

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue
6 / 6
Summary
At Filton, Bristol, Britain’s giant six-million-pound airliner passes last tests before flight trials begin.
Keywords
Aviation
Locations
Bristol; England; Filton
Footage sources
Central Office of Information
Library
Length of story (in feet)
235
Story extras:
Film clip
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Name
British Pathe Ltd
Email
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Web
https://www.britishpathe.com/
Phone
0207 665 8340
Address
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London
SW9 6DE
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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