The Comet Test

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1325

Date Released

25 Oct 1954

Date submitted

21 Oct 1954

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Hanoi Taken Over
2. 2Names in the News: Sir Anthony Eden
3. 3Names in the News: Nehru off to China
4. 4Names in the News: Japanese Premier’s Visit
5. 5The Comet Test
6. 6Royal Engagements: Duke Opens Fair by Novel Method
7. 7Royal Engagements: The Queen in Lancashire
8. 8Royal Engagements: Queen Mother Leaves for USA

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 8

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Comet Test. DESCRIPTION: The most intensive probes into the Comet disasters have been carried out at the Royal Aircraft Establishment at Farnborough. One of them involved the ‘testing to destruction’ of a Comet, in a special water tank. SHOTLIST: GV Comet surrounded by test equipment. MS nose of Comet. MCU wheel as it is being pushed along. MS wing. GV Comet testers and equipment. TS water tank. CU wing. MCU water into tank. Sequence: hydraulics lowering Comet into tank. TS Comet in tank. MS two men looking at cracks in fuselage. CU cracks (x3). TS Comet in tank.

Keywords

Aviation

Locations

Farnborough; Royal Aircraft Establishment

Footage sources

Ministry of Supply

Card file number

62095

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

63

Story extras:

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