News on Screen

Series

Series Name

British Paramount News

Issue

Issue No.

2251

Date Released

25 Sep 1952

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Aviation - Latest Air News from America
• 2. Those Were the Days
• 3. Reports in Brief
• 4. Reports in Brief
• 5. Reports in Brief
• 6. India Fights Locust Plague
• 7. What a Foursome

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 7

Summary

One of eighteen hundred aircraft which have been converted to fly without a pilot takes off from the deck of the parent ship. World’s smallest helicopter travels on a jeep, weighs only 300 lbs and has a top air speed of 80 miles an hour. New giant long-range eight jet American bomber YB52. No details of its range or performance are yet available.

Keywords

Aviation

Library number

20727

Length of story (in feet)

136

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

Reuters Archive Licensing: Screen Ocean

Email

info@screenocean.com

Web

http://reuters.screenocean.com/

Phone

+44(0)1954 262052

Address

124 Horseferry Road,
London
SW1P 2TX

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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