News Flashes - Stop Press: Jet Air Liner

Series

Series Name
British Paramount News

Issue

Issue No.
1817
Date Released
29 Jul 1948
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 7
Section Title
News Flashes - Stop Press
Summary
Vickers-Viking does London-Paris flight in thirty-four minutes. Pictures show near-disaster as tyre on undercarriage bursts at Heathrow on plane’s return.
Keywords
Aviation; Accidents and disasters
Library number
17068
Length of story (in feet)
73

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Film Archive

Name
Reuters Archive Licensing: Screen Ocean
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info@screenocean.com
Web
http://reuters.screenocean.com/
Phone
+44(0)1954 262052
Address
124 Horseferry Road,
London
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Notes
British Pathe Ltd (qv) also handles the Reuters Historical Collection, which includes the British Paramount, Empire British, Gaumont Graphic and Gaumont British newsreels.
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How to cite this record

'News Flashes - Stop Press: Jet Air Liner', British Paramount News Issue No. 1817, 29 Jul 1948. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/41169 (Accessed 31 Dec 2025)