Dragonjack
Series
- Series Name
- Living Tomorrow
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 2 / 4
- Summary
- COI synopsis: An airliner stranded on an airport runway after a heavy landing is not the easiest thing in the world to move. Dragonjack - a system of giant air-beds - gently lifts the plane off its belly, and drags it slowly but surely out of harm’s way.
- Keywords
- Aviation; Aircraft; Transport; Science and technology; Safety devices; Accidents and disasters
- Written sources
- COI Microfilm Roll 49 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis
- COI Reference
- MI 1458/91
- Credits:
This series is held by:
Film Archive
- Name
- British Film Institute (BFI)
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- Phone
- 020 7255 1444
- Fax
- 020 7580 7503
- Address
- 21 Stephen Street
London W1T 1LN - Notes
- The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).
- Series held
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How to cite this record
'Dragonjack', Living Tomorrow Issue No. 91, 1971. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/325421 (Accessed 28 Dec 2025)