The Comet’s Record

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1286
Date Released
25 Jan 1954
Date submitted
22 Jan 1954
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
8 / 8
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Comet’s Record. DESCRIPTION: Intensive testing, at the Royal Aircraft Establishment at Farnborough, of the Comets failed to show any fault. At Hatfield, Group Captain Cunningham speaks to Movietone before leaving on his record breaking flight to Khartoum in the Comet II. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. Comet. LS of Comet having wings tests, ‘slow-loading’ method. CU name De Havilland Comet on side of plane. CUs of various instruments in use for testing the aircraft for faults. Wipe. At Hatfield, night shot of the Comet. CU Group Captain John Cunningham, interviewed on forthcoming flight. Cunningham climbs aboard aircraft. Comet takes off, at night. Comet along runway and into air, GV. VGV of Comet take off at night.
Keywords
Aviation; Science and technology; Military
Locations
Farnborough; Hatfield
Card file number
60394
Credits:
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Camera
Norman Fisher
Camera
Samuelson
Length of story (in feet)
92
Story extras:
Film clip

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'The Comet’s Record', British Movietone News Issue No. 1286, 25 Jan 1954. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/19009 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)