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  1. Essex: Air Disaster Averted

    Date released
    27 Sep 1954
    Series name
    Gaumont British News
    Issue no
    2163
    NoS ID
    071871
    Story no
    1 / 10
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet

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  2. Troop Plane Crash

    Date released
    3 May 1956
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1404A
    NoS ID
    020911
    Story no
    7 / 9

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Troops Plane Crashes. DESCRIPTION: An accident occurred at Stansted Airfield, in Essex, as a York airliner was gathering speed, for the take off. On board were RAF personnel and wives...

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  3. World News Highlights: Britain: York Plane Crash

    Date released
    3 May 1956
    Series name
    Gaumont British News
    Issue no
    2330
    NoS ID
    073335
    Story no
    3 / 8
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet

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  4. Landing on the Beam

    Date released
    6 Dec 1962
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1748A
    NoS ID
    024906
    Story no
    1 / 5

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Landing on the Beam. DESCRIPTION: This giant aerial is part of the latest blind landing system to be devised. It guides a plane from approach to actual touch-down, and all along the...

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  5. Aviation Fire Training School

    Date released
    17 May 1964
    Series name
    Colour Pictorial
    Issue no
    490
    NoS ID
    121514
    Story no
    3 / 3
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Pathe synopsis: Stand by for action, action which calls for precision and fire-fighting teamwork. In fact, Pathe Pic is watching a practice session at the Ministry of Aviation Fire Services Training School,...

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  6. Foam Beats Plane Fires

    Date released
    6 Jul 1964
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    64/55
    NoS ID
    111215
    Story no
    2 / 6
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Powerful fire-engine hoses burning plane with new-type foam in spectacular demonstration.

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  7. Runway Firemen

    Date released
    14 Aug 1967
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1993
    NoS ID
    027003
    Story no
    3 / 6

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Runway Firemen. DESCRIPTION: The big aviation hazard is fire. A demonstration at Stansted shows the efficiency of a new Fire-Fighting agent, BCF - Bromochlorodifluromethane. The...

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  8. New Fire Fighter

    Date released
    14 Aug 1967
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    67/65
    NoS ID
    112715
    Story no
    1 / 5
    Extras
    1 film clip

    A new method of fighting aircraft and fuel fires is convincingly demonstrated. It’s a newly developed chemical, quick and much more effective than the current method of foam application.

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  9. Jumbo Fire Fighter

    Date released
    15 May 1969
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    2084A
    NoS ID
    027851
    Story no
    1 / 4

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Jumbo Fire Fighters. DESCRIPTION: Believed to be the largest Demonstration Fire ever ignited, burning up four thousand gallons of jet fuel, a new Fire fighting medium Light Water...

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  10. (Untitled record)

    Date released
    15 May 1969
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    69/40
    NoS ID
    113577
    Story no
    2 / 4
    Extras
    1 film clip

    One of the biggest man-made demonstration fires ever staged was used as conclusive evidence to demonstrate new aircraft fire-fighting techniques. Speed is the essence of the water-carrying foam which blotted...

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