R100

Series

Series Name

Empire News Bulletin

Issue

Issue No.

380

Date Released

19 Dec 1929

Length of issue (in feet)

480

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Rough Weather on Goodwins
2. 2Cyclists
3. 3R100
4. 4Passing Out Inspection
5. 5Duke of York
6. 6Parcels at Mount Pleasant
7. 7Dancing Girls: Olympia

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 7

Summary

NFTVA Silent News Films (1965): "Britain’s latest airship: moonlight launch of R100 at Howden, Yorkshire." The airship on the ground in the moonlight, and then after the launching. (32 feet) "Off to the mooring mast at Cardington at 20 mph." A further shot of the airship in flight. (44 feet) "Cardington (Bedfordshire)." The arrival of the airship at the mooring mast. (95 feet)

Keywords

Aviation

Length of story (in feet)

85

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Film Archive

Name

Reuters Archive Licensing: Screen Ocean

Email

info@screenocean.com

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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