News on Screen

Series

Series Name

Oil Review

Issue

Issue No.

5

Date Released

1951

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. The Gulf Run
• 2. Turbo Prop Tour

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 2

Summary

NoS Summary - Flying and fueling the Vickers Viscount Aircraft
BP synopsis: The new Turbo-propeller aircraft the Vickers ‘Viscount’ recently made a series of demonstration flights in Europe. This item describes the new aircraft, and her fuelling with BP Aviation Turbine Fuel in Paris. Starts off with the De Havilland Vampire jet, but for civil aviation it takes up too much fuel, so to compete, there is the turbo prop. We see the Vickers Viscount which used jet turbines and propellers. These are smaller than piston engines and more powerful. The Viscount flies on BP Aviation Turbine fuel. We see the whole refuelling process and then it flies home.

Keywords

Aviation; Aircraft

Written sources

National Film Archive Catalogue
Film User   Vol.5 No.57 July 1951, p360.
British Petroleum brochures   BP Archive barcode 82199. Used for synopsis
BP Video Library   Tape details. Used for Synopsis

Credits:

Sponsor

Anglo-Iranian Oil Company

Production Co.

Greenpark Productions Ltd.

Producer

Humphrey Swingler

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

BP Video Library

Email

bpvl@bp.com

Web

http://www.bpvideolibrary.com

Phone

020 7928 2097

Fax

020 7928 2101

Address

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London SE1 0DB

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Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

Email

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nonfictioncurators@bfi.org.uk
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Web

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Phone

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Fax

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Address

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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).

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