The Comet Test

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1325
Date Released
25 Oct 1954
Date submitted
21 Oct 1954
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 8
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Comet Test. DESCRIPTION: The most intensive probes into the Comet disasters have been carried out at the Royal Aircraft Establishment at Farnborough. One of them involved the ‘testing to destruction’ of a Comet, in a special water tank. SHOTLIST: GV Comet surrounded by test equipment. MS nose of Comet. MCU wheel as it is being pushed along. MS wing. GV Comet testers and equipment. TS water tank. CU wing. MCU water into tank. Sequence: hydraulics lowering Comet into tank. TS Comet in tank. MS two men looking at cracks in fuselage. CU cracks (x3). TS Comet in tank.
Keywords
Aviation
Locations
Farnborough; Royal Aircraft Establishment
Footage sources
Ministry of Supply
Card file number
62095
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
63
Story extras:
Film clip

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'The Comet Test', British Movietone News Issue No. 1325, 25 Oct 1954. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/19617 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)