Housefly Secrets May Aid Aviation

Series

Series Name

British Paramount News

Issue

Issue No.

1751

Date Released

11 Dec 1947

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Communists End French Strike
2. 2Monty Inspects Africa Defences
3. 3Housefly Secrets May Aid Aviation
4. 4Manchester "Freedom" for Winston
5. 5Young Jews and Arabs Called Up

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 5

Summary

Ultra high-speed camera takes first films ever made of a housefly in flight. Pictures will help airplane designers.

Keywords

Aviation; Science and technology; Insects; Newsreels

Library number

16641

Length of story (in feet)

74

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Film Archive

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Reuters Archive Licensing: Screen Ocean

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