Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Experts Praise for the "Vampire"

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
863
Date Released
17 Dec 1945
Date submitted
12 Dec 1945
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 4
Section Title
Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Expert’s Praise for the "Vampire". DESCRIPTION: The "Vampire" recently became the first jet-propelled plane to land on a carrier at sea. The famous American airman and designer, Major Seversky, was invited to take the Vampire up and try her out. He was delighted with the aircraft’s performance. SHOTLIST: KS Flight deck, superstructure in background. GV flight-deck. Various shots of Vampire jet plane landing on and taking off from aircraft carrier "Ocean". Arrester ropes checking landing of plane. CU Major Seversky. Aerial shot of Vampire being being put through it’s paces, banking, diving, climbing, looping-the-loop. Jet lands on aerodrome, taxies and CU Seversky in cockpit, speaks about the British genius, inventions of jet planes, radar, assistance in atom bomb etc., also speaks about the marvellous performance of the Vampire.
Keywords
Aviation; Navy; Military
Footage sources
MAP
Card file number
46299
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
171
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Experts Praise for the "Vampire"', British Movietone News Issue No. 863, 17 Dec 1945. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/13657 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)