Aviation - The Comet III

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1311A
Date Released
22 Jul 1954
Date submitted
20 Jul 1954
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Sporting Headlines: Athletics - International Match
  2. 2Sporting Headlines: White City - The Horse Show
  3. 3Sporting Headlines: Silverstone - The Grand Prix
  4. 4Aviation - Robot Plane
  5. 5Aviation - World Gliding Contest
  6. 6Aviation - The Comet III
  7. 7Indo China - Cease Fire

Story

Story No. within this Issue
6 / 7
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Comet III. DESCRIPTION: After the recent grounding of the service Comets, the Comet III prototype flew for 90 minutes on its maiden flight at Hatfield. SHOTLIST: LS of Comet on tarmac. Head on shot. CU of chief pilot John Cunningham. Cunningham going aboard plane. Comet taking off. Comet in the air. Various scenes in the air.
Keywords
Aviation
Locations
England; Hertfordshire; Hatfield; Hatfield Airfield
Card file number
61477
Credits:
Camera
George Richardson
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Camera
Paul Wyand
Length of story (in feet)
51
Story extras:
Film clip

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