News on Screen

Series

Series Name

Frontier

Issue

Issue No.

14

Date Released

1965

Completion

Jun 1965

Length of issue (in feet)

526

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Supersonic Hypersonic Flight

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 1

Summary

COI synopsis: Shows a stage in the development of supersonic aircraft and experiments carried out on air frames and engines for higher speeds in the future. Dr Seddon of the Royal Aircraft Establishment, Bedford explains how wave rider wing shapes contain and use the shock wanes of supersonic flight. Dr Jamieson of the Advanced Propulsion Unit of Bristol Siddeley Engines describes the engines that may power them and Dr Gordon of the Explosives Experimental Establishment of the Ministry of Aviation talks of experiments to promote new heat resistant materials which hypersonic planes will require.

Keywords

Aircraft; Engineering

Written sources

The National Archives INF 6   /121 - used for synopsis
COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]

COI Reference

MI 1233/14

Credits:

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

Sponsor

Commonwealth Relations Office

Production Co.

Overseas Film & Television Centre Ltd

Producer

Philip Dann

Camera

Terry O’Brien

Director

Terry O’Brien

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

Email

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Fax

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Address

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Notes

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