Vanguard’s First Flight

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1547

Date Released

26 Jan 1959

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Mike Hawthorn
2. 2The Prince in Delhi
3. 3Vanguard’s First Flight
4. 4Crash Landing
5. 5Latest Italian Line
6. 6Ballerina Weds
7. 7Monte Carlo Rally
8. 8A Chilly Subject
9. *To the Immortal Memory

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 8

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Vanguard’s First Flight. DESCRIPTION: These pictures show the Vickers Vanguard, one of the most outstanding machines ever to enter the civil airline field. Twenty are on order for BEA and 20 for a Canadian Air Line. Vanguard operators should be able to cut passengers fares by half, thus bringing air travel within the range of millions of small purses. SHOTLIST: Vanguard (key). MS pan - plane takes off. LS plane takes off. LS air to air of Vanguard. Pan - Vanguard lands.

Keywords

Aviation; Business and commerce

Locations

England; Surrey

Footage sources

Vickers-Armstrong Ltd

Card file number

76116

Credits:

Commentator

Jeffrey K. Shearley

Length of story (in feet)

68

Story extras:

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