Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: British Aviation Headlines

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
958
Date Released
13 Oct 1947
Date submitted
9 Oct 1947
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 8
Section Title
Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: British Aviation - Supersonic Rocket Plane. DESCRIPTION: SUPERSONIC ROCKET TESTED - A rocket propelled miniature aircraft is launched from a Mosquito in a test flight over the Atlantic. SHOTLIST: KS robot plane under fuselage of Mosquito. Various shots of robot plane being attached to Mosquito’s under-carriage. Mosquito pushed out of hangar. Mosquito taxies into position for take off. Take off and out of camera shots of plane flying over camera.
Keywords
Aviation
Locations
Cornwall; St Eval
Footage sources
Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer
Card file number
49278
Credits:
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Length of story (in feet)
57
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: British Aviation Headlines', British Movietone News Issue No. 958, 13 Oct 1947. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/14711 (Accessed 07 Feb 2025)