BOAC Automatic Landing

Series

Series Name

Pathe News

Issue

Issue No.

68/42

Date Released

23 May 1968

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Stores Parade
2. 2Dambusters
3. 3Gyroglider Boy
4. 4BOAC Automatic Landing
5. 5The Chelsea Flower Show

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 5

Summary

A giant BOAC VC-10 smoothly flies into a perfect touchdown at Heathrow while the pilot and the co-pilot sit back and watch the controls being expertly manipulated by a highly sophisticated computer. It’s the shape of things to come.

Keywords

Aviation

Locations

Gander to London

Footage sources

British Overseas Airways Corporation

Length of story (in feet)

108

Story extras:

Film clip

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Web

https://www.britishpathe.com/

Phone

0207 665 8340

Address

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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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