1,132 MPH

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1397A

Date Released

15 Mar 1956

Date submitted

12 Mar 1956

Stories in this Issue:

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Story

Story No. within this Issue

6 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: 1,132 MPH Fairey Delta. DESCRIPTION: The Fairey Delta Two is undoubtedly the aircraft of the moment. And the pilot of the moment is Mr Peter Twiss. His record of 1,132 miles an hour beat the previous best (set in America) by 308 miles an hour (37 per cent). SHOTLIST: The new Fairey Delta 2, flown by pilot Peter Twiss with a record speed of 1,132 miles per hour. CU of Fairey Delta. Twiss and friend into cockpit, take off. CU binoculars. Camera. CU plane landing. CU Twiss climbs down. Interview. CU Twiss and chief test pilot. CU Twiss. Aerial shots. Vapour trails. Various shots of Twiss giving interview. Standing next to him is Gordon Slade.

Keywords

Aviation; Records

Locations

Boscombe Down

Footage sources

Central Office of Information
Library

Card file number

66252

Credits:

Commentator: Geoffrey Sumner
Camera: Len Waldorf
Camera: Norman Fisher

Length of story (in feet)

204

Story extras:

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