Comet’s Proving Flight
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 7 / 8
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Comet III Leaves for Australia. DESCRIPTION: Shrouded by fog, the Comet Three, prepares for the take off at Hatfield for its important proving flight to Australia. SHOTLIST: GV front view of Comet shrouded in fog. CU side view and left to right pan of Comet. CU refuelling by arc lamps. CU John Cunningham and crew. CU Co Pilot John Bugg. CU crew mount steps and go aboard. CU and LS Comet turns and taxies off into fog.
- Keywords
- Aviation
- Locations
- Hatfield
- Card file number
- 65316
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Geoffrey Sumner
- Camera
- Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
- Length of story (in feet)
- 74
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