Aviation

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1505A
Date Released
10 Apr 1958
Date submitted
8 Apr 1958
Stories in this Issue:

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Vickers Vanguard & High Altitude Test Plant. DESCRIPTION: Weybridge, and the first of the Vickers Vanguards under construction. It will carry a hundred passengers at over 420 miles an hour over distances of up to 2,600 miles. First orders include twenty for BEA and another twenty for Trans-Canada Air Lines. Deliveries are expected to begin in 1960. The first Vanguard will be flying in the Autumn. Now to Bristol, where new High Altitude Test plant made important aviation news. Air Marshal Tuttle, who came to perform the inauguration, was shown a ramjet engine in its testing chamber. The Air Marshal, by turning a key, put the test plant into action. SHOTLIST: LS Vickers Vanguard. LS plane being assembled. MS same. CU same. LS same interior. CU same. MS same. CU same. MS same. MS nose of plane. MS same. CU order board. LS plane. GV Aviation Test Plant, Bristol. GV same. CU Air Marshal Tuttle. MS Ramket in Testing Chamber. CU same. MS Air Marshal looks at Ramjet. MS outer cover closes down. MS Air Marshal walk to Testing Panel. CU key being turned. MS Laboratory with dials, switches, etc. CU same. MS same. LS smoke pouring from chimney.
Keywords
Buildings and structures; Aviation; Business and commerce; Science and technology; Industry and manufacture; Ceremonies; Military
Locations
Bristol; Weybridge; England
Card file number
73333
Credits:
Camera
David W. Samuelson
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Camera
Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Length of story (in feet)
98
Story extras:
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'Aviation', British Movietone News Issue No. 1505A, 10 Apr 1958. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/22319 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)