News on Screen

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1419A

Date Released

16 Aug 1956

Date submitted

13 Aug 1956

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. The Queen in the Western Isles
• 2. Aviation: Naval Air Display
• 3. Aviation: Britannia’s Sales Tour
• 4. Aviation: Airlift
• 5. Cyprus Today - A Trooper on the Tide
• 6. Cyprus Today - Red Devils New HQ
• 7. Cyprus Today - Harvest Time
• 8. Sporting Scene: A Mass Display
• 9. Sporting Scene: Outboard Trophy
• 10. Sporting Scene: Ulster Tt
• 11. Sporting Scene: Diving Maniacs
• *Opening of the Soccer Season

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 11

Section Title

Aviation

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Britannia at London Airport. DESCRIPTION: A Bristol Britannia turbo-prop airliner at London Airport, is now on a demonstration tour of the States. With Bristol’s Chief Test Pilot at the controls, it made the trip against a head wind in two hours less than the fastest scheduled flight. SHOTLIST: Plane taxiing in. Chief Test Pilot Bill Pegg leaning out of window of the Britannia.

Local distribution only

Shown as Item 3 in Scotland.

Keywords

Aviation

Locations

London Heathrow Airport

Card file number

67893

Credits:

Commentator

David Lewis Jacobs

Camera

Norman Fisher

Length of story (in feet)

30

Story extras:

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