Ejector Seat

Series

Series Name

Colour Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.

106

Date Released

7 Jan 1957

Date recorded

7 Dec 1956

Length of issue (in feet)

756

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Ejector Seat
2. 2Rubber Toys
3. 3Foreign Students

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 3

Summary

Pathe synopsis: For those people who don’t know what a "hot-seat" is, we visit a research station in Denham, Bucks., where this hot seat, unlike its better-known American namesake, is in constant use saving countless lives. For in this jet age, the ejector seat, as it’s really called, is used to throw a pilot clear of the slipstream of a damaged aircraft, so that he can parachute to safety.

Keywords

Aviation; Safety devices

Locations

England; Buckinghamshire; Denham

Written sources

Pathe Colour Pictorial Lobby Cards   Used for synopsis

Credits:

Commentator

David De Keyser

Length of story (in feet)

170

Story extras:

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