News in Colour: Britain’s Concorde Makes Maiden Flight - At the Hands of BAC’s Chief Test Pilot Brian Trubshaw

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2080

Date Released

14 Apr 1969

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Aussie Gets a Longleat
2. 2Stick with It!
3. 3Go with the Girls
4. 4News in Colour: Britain’s Concorde Makes Maiden Flight - At the Hands of BAC’s Chief Test Pilot Brian Trubshaw

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 4

Section Title

News in Colour

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: News in Colour:- Britain’s Concorde Makes Maiden Flight. DESCRIPTION: Less than six weeks after the French Prototype’s first flight from Toulouse, Trubby Trubshaw takes 002 into her element and the Concorde project enters a new phase of development. First to have two Supersonic Airliners flying, Britain and France have a considerable world lead. These historic pictures mark a milestone in Aviation - as significant as the achievements of Lindbergh & Alcock and Brown in an earlier age of flight. SHOTLIST: MS Brian Trubshaw being interviewed. 2 MCUs Brian. LAS Concorde 002 on tarmac. MCU BAC Boss Sir George Edwards. LS zoom in Concorde being towed onto runway. MLS ditto. LS people watching from top of house. 3 shots Concorde takes off. MCU cameraman. Ground to air shots Concorde flying in distance. 2 air to air shots Concorde flying. 001 Concorde - BAC material: Air to air Concorde’s undercarriage lowered. Pan up runway. MS man with microphone. BS sound crew. 2 shots Concorde lands and taxies at Fairford. MLS photographers. MLS Concorde taxiing. 2 shots MS Brian Trubshaw being interviewed. LAS Concorde. MLS pan Concorde. GR COLOUR END TITLE. (SOF of Brian Trubshaw’s interviews.)

Keywords

Mass media; Aviation

Locations

United Kingdom; Filton; RAF Fairford

Footage sources

British Aircraft Corporation

Card file number

94618

Credits:

Camera

John Mould

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

287

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