Results: Stories
14 results found for '"Yeovilton"' in Location.
World News: Yeovilton: Duke with Navy Flyers
- Date released
- 21 May 1956
- Series name
- Gaumont British News
- Issue no
- 2335
- NoS ID
- 073381
- Story no
- 6 / 10
- Extras
- 1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet
Fifty Years of Naval Flying
- Date released
- 1 Jun 1964
- Series name
- British Movietone News
- Issue no
- 1826
- NoS ID
- 025559
- Story no
- 4 / 4
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: 50 Years of Naval Flying. DESCRIPTION: Prince Philip went to Yeovilton in Somerset, to attend the Golden Jubilee of the Fleet Air Arm, founded in 1914, then called the Royal Naval Air...
Phantom Jets
- Date released
- 5 May 1968
- Series name
- Pathe News
- Issue no
- 68/37
- NoS ID
- 113080
- Story no
- 1 / 6
- Extras
- 1 film clip
Phantom fighter-bomber jets, American built and British modified have joined the Royal Navy. A special Commissioning Service marked the 1,600 mph speedbirds’ entry into the Fleet Air Arm service.
Phantoms for Fleet Flyers
- Date released
- 6 May 1968
- Series name
- British Movietone News
- Issue no
- 2031
- NoS ID
- 027370
- Story no
- 7 / 7
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Phantoms for Fleet Flyers. DESCRIPTION: The first three of fifty American Phantom aircraft ordered for the Fleet Air Arm, arrive at the Royal Naval Air Station, Yeovilton, and show off...
Simon’s Circus
- Date released
- 18 Jul 1968
- Series name
- Pathe News
- Issue no
- 68/58
- NoS ID
- 113169
- Story no
- 4 / 5
- Extras
- 1 film clip
Simon’s Circus got a mascot - a lion cub from Longleat. The members of the Fleet Air Arm’s acrobatic team welcomed the newest member of the Squadron.
Up, Up and Away
- Date released
- 20 Jan 1969
- Series name
- British Movietone News
- Issue no
- 2068
- NoS ID
- 027711
- Story no
- 3 / 3
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Up, Up and Away. DESCRIPTION: Contrasts in aviation! The fantastic Short-take-off and Landing Skyvan, operating in the remote mountain areas of New Guinea, lands on a hundred-yard strip...
(Untitled record)
- Date released
- 20 Jan 1969
- Series name
- Pathe News
- Issue no
- 69/7
- NoS ID
- 113424
- Story no
- 5 / 5
- Extras
- 1 film clip
The Royal Navy commissioned the first squadron of Phantom Jets. At RAF Coningsby, the Air Force also took to the air in the great new fighting machine which will be our main air-power of the ‘70s....
(Untitled record)
- Date released
- 3 Apr 1969
- Series name
- Pathe News
- Issue no
- 69/28
- NoS ID
- 113520
- Story no
- 1 / 6
- Extras
- 1 film clip
Royal Naval Air Station on the day of commissioning 892 Squadron - a Phantom Operational Unit. All was going to plan when drama struck. A Venom aircraft made a crash landing on the airfield when the...
Transatlantic Race
- Date released
- 1 May 1969
- Series name
- British Movietone News
- Issue no
- 2082A
- NoS ID
- 027839
- Story no
- 2 / 4
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Transatlantic Race. DESCRIPTION: Over four hundred contestants are expected to compete for more than £60,000 in prize money in the Daily Mail Transatlantic Air Race. We meet some of...
(Untitled record)
- Date released
- 7 Sep 1969
- Series name
- Pathe News
- Issue no
- 69/73
- NoS ID
- 113743
- Story no
- 3 / 8
- Extras
- 1 film clip
892 Squadron - the Navy’s Phantom force, was given a handsome present - £7,500-worth of gleaming Silver Shadow Rolls Royce. Taxed and insured, the car was handed over to the Squadron by Rolls Royce to...