New Safety Seat

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1549
Date Released
9 Feb 1959
Date submitted
3 Feb 1959
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
7 / 9
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: New Safety Seat - Airliner Test. DESCRIPTION: Crash landings may be less hazardous, if these experiments are successful: here is a new airliner seat to reduce the impact of a crash-landing. It is a Belgian model which tilts horizontally on impact. SHOTLIST: MS seating apparatus in operation. SS same. FS apparatus falls to ground. MS passenger in seat. MS pan - apparatus with passenger in old seat falls to ground. LS same. MS same but in new seat. MS showing new seat falling backwards. MS passenger in new seat.
Keywords
Aviation; Science and technology; Safety devices
Locations
Belgium
Footage sources
France
Card file number
76252
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
57
Story extras:
Film clip

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'New Safety Seat', British Movietone News Issue No. 1549, 9 Feb 1959. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/22864 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)