Naval News - HMS Albion

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1321

Date Released

27 Sep 1954

Date submitted

23 Sep 1954

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Mr Attlee Home
2. 2Tension off Chinese Coast
3. 3MP’s Tour Malaya
4. 4Dutch Parliament
5. 5Rodeo
6. 6Man Made Lightning
7. 7Naval News - HMS Albion
8. 8Naval News - HMS Cumberland
9. 9Keenan Ko’s Kelly
10. *The Queen Mother with Black Watch

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

7 / 9

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: HMS Albion. DESCRIPTION: The 20,000 ton aircraft carrier Albion took part recently in special trials - supersonic aircraft were demonstrating touch-down landings for the first time. SHOTLIST: Aerial view of the Albion. A Seahawk taking off and flying. Landing. CU of John Cunningham (De Havilland’s Chief Test Pilot). GV of the mirror sight device. Shot of the twin jet De Havilland 110 touching down. Taking off. Flying scenes.

Keywords

Aviation; Navy; Military

Locations

Portland; Dorset

Footage sources

British Paramount
Pathe

Card file number

61919

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

125

Story extras:

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