Goodbye to the Last Lancaster

Series

Series Name
Pathe News

Issue

Issue No.
56/84
Date Released
18 Oct 1956
Length of issue (in feet)
659
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Royal Diary
  2. 2Royal Diary
  3. 3Miss Germany Is Uber Alles
  4. 4Goodbye to the Last Lancaster
  5. 5Motor Show 1956

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 5
Summary
The last of the Avro Lancasters, backbone of wartime Bomber Command, flies from a Cornish airfield to be broken up
Keywords
Aviation; Military
Locations
Cornwall
Footage sources
Library
Credits:
Camera
Kenneth G. Goddard
Camera
Norman William Roper
Commentator
Robert C. Danvers Walker
Cutter
Ron Fowler
Length of story (in feet)
202
Story extras:
Film clip
Production Documents

• You may need to login in to external websites.

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name
British Pathe Ltd
Email
info@britishpathe.com
Web
https://www.britishpathe.com/
Phone
0207 665 8340
Address
3.29 Canterbury Court
1-3 Brixton Road
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.
Series held
View all series held by British Pathe Ltd

Record Stats

This record has been viewed 128 times.