Jet Inventor Honoured

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1148
Date Released
4 Jun 1951
Date submitted
1 Jun 1951
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 7
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Tenth Anniversary of Jet Power. DESCRIPTION: A dinner was recently held at a London Hotel in honour of the first ten years of Jet Powered Flight in the Free World. Guests included Marshal of the Royal Air Force Lord Trenchard, Lord Brabazon, Sir John Slessor Chief of the Air Staff and Major General Johnson, commanding the American Air Force in Britain. Mr Sopwith, one of the hosts, presided and presented a momento to Air Commodore Sir Frank Whittle. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. MS Gloster jet E28/39. GV gathering seated at tables. SCU guests: Lord Trenchard, Lord Brabazon, Sir John Slessor, Major General Johnson. Mr Sopwith. Mr Sopwith at mike addresses gathering praising Whittle & presenting latter with momento. Whittle addresses gathering, joking at times about jet flying without fuel. Group - SCU Sopwith, Whittle & Carter (designer) looking at Gloster E28/39.
Keywords
Commemorations; Politics and government; Displays; Economics; Aviation; Business and commerce; Celebrations and festivals; Military; Inventions and discoveries
Locations
London; Dorchester Hotel
Card file number
55552
Credits:
Camera
George Richardson
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Camera
Martin Gray
Length of story (in feet)
110
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Jet Inventor Honoured', British Movietone News Issue No. 1148, 4 Jun 1951. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/17164 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)