Transonic Wind Tunnel

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1405A

Date Released

10 May 1956

Date submitted

7 May 1956

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1The Cup Goes Home
2. 2Coronation in Nepal
3. 3Industrial Enterprises - Million Pound Order
4. 4Industrial Enterprises - Russian Power Scheme
5. 5Industrial Enterprises - Hanover Trade Fair
6. 6The Fight against Polio
7. 7Tito in Paris
8. 8Palace Fashion Show
9. 9Transonic Wind Tunnel

Story

Story No. within this Issue

9 / 9

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Transonic Wind Tunnel. DESCRIPTION: Through the combined initiative of 14 of our leading aviation companies, a transonic wind tunnel has been built near Bedford, to be used jointly by these companies for their research in high speed aerodynamics. The Duke of Edinburgh performed the opening ceremony. SHOTLIST: A transonic wind tunnel has been built, near Bedford for research in Aerodynamics. The Duke of Edinburgh toured the installations before the opening ceremony. Exterior of wind tunnel. Interior. SCU model. Duke tours, looks at various models. Duke’s speech. Dials, turbines, etc. motors.

Keywords

Royalty; Science and technology; Ceremonies

Locations

Bedford

Footage sources

Gaumont

Card file number

66863

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Length of story (in feet)

111

Story extras:

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