Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Jet Flying Wing Takes the Air
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 4 / 5
- Section Title
- Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Flying Wing. DESCRIPTION: The V-shaped jet Armstrong Whitworth 52 may be a sign of things to come in aviation. SHOTLIST: KS Flying Wing towed from hangar. Several angle shots of plane, shows various parts of the plane, jet engine etc. MS Squadron Leader Eric Franklin standing by the plane. GV of Flying Wing (AW-52). MS taxiing and taking off. Various shots of it flying, over camera, plane comes in and lands, taxies out of camera. Delta Wing Armstrong Whitworth plane.
- Keywords
- Aviation
- Locations
- Leicestershire; Bitteswell
- Footage sources
- British Paramount
- Card file number
- 49579
- Credits:
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- Camera
- David Prosser
- Commentator
- Lionel James Gamlin
- Camera
- Paul Wyand
- Length of story (in feet)
- 102
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How to cite this record
'Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Jet Flying Wing Takes the Air', British Movietone News Issue No. 968, 22 Dec 1947. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/14841 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)