Trans-Arctic Flight

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1435

Date Released

3 Dec 1956

Date Other

Dec 1956

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1England Beat Yugoslavia
2. 2Birthday Party
3. 3Trans-Arctic Flight
4. 4Visitor to India
5. 5Clearing the Canal
6. 6The Queen Dines with the Army
7. *Foretaste of Winter

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Trans-Arctic Flight. DESCRIPTION: The first of 8 B52 jet bombers to circle the United States and Canada, touched down at Baltimore. The flight was part of a long range demonstration by the monster machines of the USAF. They covered distances of between thirteen and seventeen thousand miles - non-stop. SHOTLIST: Shots of the B52 landing at Baltimore. Taxiing. Pilots out of plane. Plane moving on runway.

Keywords

Aviation; Military

Locations

United States of America; Baltimore

Footage sources

United States of America

Card file number

69043

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Length of story (in feet)

54

Story extras:

Film clip

Movietone IconMovietone

• The first time you use this link in a session, you will need to log on at the British Movietone website and then click this icon again to see the film. For the remainder of the session, this link will take you directly to the film.

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

AP Archive

Email

info@aparchive.com

Web

http://www.movietone.com

Phone

+44 (0)20 7482 7482

Series held

View all series held by AP Archive