Canadian Jet Liner Makes First Flight

Series

Series Name

British Paramount News

Issue

Issue No.

1998

Date Released

24 Apr 1950

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1City and Suburban: Iron Duke Wins in Photo-Finish
2. 2Motor Show Goes West
3. 3Canadian Jet Liner Makes First Flight
4. 4Front Page People
5. 5Front Page People
6. 6Front Page People
7. 7Allies Set for Riot Threat
8. 8King and Queen Visit Memorial Theatre
9. *Countess of Harewood Opens Sports Arena

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 8

Summary

First jet-turbine airliner built in Canada (by British Avro Company) flies to New York with mail in fifty-nine minutes.

Keywords

Aviation; Communications

Library number

18578

Length of story (in feet)

72

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Film Archive

Name

Reuters Archive Licensing: Screen Ocean

Email

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Web

http://reuters.screenocean.com/

Phone

+44(0)1954 262052

Address

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London
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Notes

British Pathe Ltd (qv) also handles the Reuters Historical Collection, which includes the British Paramount, Empire British, Gaumont Graphic and Gaumont British newsreels.

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