US Set Air Record, Cobb Tunes Up

Series

Series Name
British Paramount News

Issue

Issue No.
1723
Date Released
4 Sep 1947
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Shinwell Tries Hard to Stop Strike
  2. 2Fire Guts Princess’s Home
  3. 3US Set Air Record, Cobb Tunes Up
  4. 4Bravo, Denis Compton
  5. 5TUC Face the Crisis

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 5
Summary
John Cobb, out to beat own record of 368 miles an hour, reaches 334 miles an hour in trial run on Bonneville Salt Flats. US Navy’s "Skystreak" jetplane beats British Air Record at average speed of 650 miles an hour.
Keywords
Vehicles; Aviation; Records; Navy; Military
Locations
United States of America; Utah
Footage sources
United States of America
Fox Movietone
Hearst
Paramount Library
Pathe [United States]
Universal [United States]
Library number
16459
Credits:
Camera
J.T. Rucker
Length of story (in feet)
136
Story extras:
Production Documents

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Notes
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