Britain’s Latest Air Marvels

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1110

Date Released

11 Sep 1950

Date submitted

8 Sep 1950

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Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Britain’s Latest Air Marvels. DESCRIPTION: At Farnborough Aerodrome, the Society of British Aircraft Constructors have proved once more that their inventive genius is second to none. This was their eleventh flying display and exhibition. SHOTLIST: KS. MS of plane. CU engines of plane. Meteors on tarmac, pilots in same. Various cut-ins of foreigners looking at planes. Various shots of planes - all types. Auster "Aiglet" plane takes off & in flight. Brabazon in flight. Aerial of same. GV take off of Blackburn Universal Freighter. Aerial of SB3 plane in flight. Comet in flight. Vickers "Viscount" takes off & in flight. Meteor (aerial) refuelling in mid-air from Lincoln bomber. P1081 takes off out of camera & in flight. Vickers 535 takes off & in flight. Avro 707 coming into land, assisted by a parachute for braking. NB - Special version also made.

Keywords

Aviation

Locations

Farnborough; Hampshire

Card file number

54281

Credits:

Camera: David W. Samuelson
Camera: Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Commentator: Lionel James Gamlin
Camera: Paul Wyand

Length of story (in feet)

278

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