Bleu in Action

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1532A

Date Released

16 Oct 1958

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Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Bleu in Action. DESCRIPTION: A visit to the Royal Air Force Blind Landing Experimental Unit, where they’re developing the latest technique for automatic landings. Let’s go up in a flying laboratory and see how it works. The pilot coming in for a landing selects the automatic pilot and our old friend George takes over. Up till recently, he couldn’t handle the actual touch down. But now, he has learnt how to bring the plane right down on a radio beam. SHOTLIST: MS aircraft. MS aerial. Same (2). Closer same. Same. MS same. CU diagram. MS aircraft. CU nose aerial. CU name on side of plane. CU nose aerial. MS pan takes off. CU pilot’s hands on controls. CU blind flying equipment turns switch. CU controls move on own. GV from window as plane lands. MS plane lands (pan).

Keywords

Aviation; Science and technology; Military

Locations

England

Footage sources

Gaumont British

Card file number

75195

Credits:

Commentator: Geoffrey Sumner

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