Super Jet

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1748
Date Released
3 Dec 1962
Date submitted
29 Nov 1962
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Super Jet. DESCRIPTION: A supersonic airliner which is a Anglo-French project called Concorde. She should be airborne by 1970. Signing a joint agreement for her development and production were Mr Julian Amery and France’s Ambassador to Britain. Costing £100 million the development will be undertaken by the British Aircraft Corporation and Sud-Aviation of France. Designed around the Bristol Olympus engine Concorde will fly at 1500 miles per hour. SHOTLIST: CU model of Anglo-French supersonic airliner Concorde. CU tail. CU back of plane. MS French delegate and Mr Julian Amery and Mr Thomas seated. MCU pan French delegate to Mr Amery. MCU pan French delegate and Mr Amery sign agreement. MCU model of plane. CU nose pan down length of plane. MS model.
Keywords
Politics and government; Aviation
Locations
London
Footage sources
Society of British Aerospace Companies [SBAC]
Card file number
85575
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
69
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Super Jet', British Movietone News Issue No. 1748, 3 Dec 1962. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/24902 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)