Tomorrow by Air

Series

Series Name

This Modern Age

Issue

Issue No.

3

Date Released

18 Nov 1946

Length of issue (in feet)

1792

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Tomorrow by Air

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 1

Summary

NoS synopsis: The history of British aviation, from the pioneers of flight to the jet- research Lancastrian; current developments and modern civil aircraft types, culminating in the State-owned airways, showing the important work now being done towards the air-travel of the future.
Forty years ago it was considered a triumph to stay up in the air at all. Now we have a jet-propelled aircraft, of which the Swallow type is expected to beat all air-speed records. In the years between we see the development and perfecting of engines, we see the foremost aircraft designers at work and are reminded of record-making air trips made by various air aces through the years.

Keywords

Aviation; Aircraft; Science and technology; Industry and manufacture

Written sources

British Film Institute Databases
Monthly Film Bulletin   Vol.13 No.155 November 1946, p162.
Documentary News Letter   Vol.6 No.56 April-May 1947, p89.
Enticknap, Leo. The Non-Fiction Film in Britain, 1945-1951 unpublished PhD thesis   p253.

Credits:

Director

Sergei Nolbandov

Production Co.

This Modern Age, Ltd.

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