Brabazon Comes to Town

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1098A
Date Released
22 Jun 1950
Date submitted
19 Jun 1950
Stories in this Issue:

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
7 / 7
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Brabazon Comes to Town. DESCRIPTION: The 130 ton Bristol Brabazon One Trans-Oceanic Air Liner has made her first appearance at London Airport. Flown by Test Pilot Bill Pegg, the great aircraft is reported to have taken kindly to Heathrow, taking off and landing a number of times before an audience that was really thrilled. SHOTLIST: KS. Brabazon taxies - SCU. Mix Brabazon taxies into camera. Mix another angle of Brabazon taxiing. Interior - Bill Pegg - the pilot at control - two shots. GV Brabazon taxiing SV and taking off. Over camera shots of Brabazon & CUs of the plane in the air. Cut-in of Lord Brabazon & Mr Strauss looking up at plane. Shot of plane. Graham White looks up. Various shots of plane in flight & flying low over ground.
Keywords
Aviation
Locations
London Heathrow Airport
Card file number
53913
Credits:
Camera
David W. Samuelson
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Paul Wyand
Length of story (in feet)
116
Story extras:
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'Brabazon Comes to Town', British Movietone News Issue No. 1098A, 22 Jun 1950. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/16487 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)