Results: Stories
6 results found for '"Ministry of Supply"' in Footage or Written Source.
First Pictures of Britain’s Bomb
- Date released
- 11 Dec 1952
- Series name
- British Movietone News
- Issue no
- 1227A
- NoS ID
- 018251
- Story no
- 3 / 3
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Monte Bello Atom Bomb - Short Version. DESCRIPTION: It was among the desolate, little-known Monte Bello group of islands that Britain’s first atomic bomb was exploded. For the test,...
Britain Explodes A-Bomb
- Date released
- 11 Dec 1952
- Series name
- Pathe News
- Issue no
- 52/100
- NoS ID
- 105096
- Story no
- 3 / 3
- Extras
- 1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 ephemera, 1 shot list
First dramatic pictures of the explosion of Britain’s atom bomb on the Monte Bello Islands off North West Australia.
The Comet Test
- Date released
- 25 Oct 1954
- Series name
- British Movietone News
- Issue no
- 1325
- NoS ID
- 019617
- Story no
- 5 / 8
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Comet Test. DESCRIPTION: The most intensive probes into the Comet disasters have been carried out at the Royal Aircraft Establishment at Farnborough. One of them involved the...
Comet Inquiry
- Date released
- 25 Oct 1954
- Series name
- Pathe News
- Issue no
- 54/83
- NoS ID
- 106097
- Story no
- 3 / 4
- Extras
- 1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 ephemera, 1 shot list
Pictures taken at Farnborough show the extensive tests-to-destruction carried out to solve the mystery of the Comet airliner which crashed last January
Air Speed Record Smashed
- Date released
- 15 Mar 1956
- Series name
- Pathe News
- Issue no
- 56/22
- NoS ID
- 106993
- Story no
- 6 / 6
- Extras
- 1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list
The Fairey Delta 2 grabs the world air speed record for Britain - by a margin of 308 mph
Christmas Island Prepares
- Date released
- 17 Dec 1956
- Series name
- British Movietone News
- Issue no
- 1437
- NoS ID
- 021369
- Story no
- 1 / 9
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Christmas Island Preparations. DESCRIPTION: Far away in mid-Pacific, just North of the Equator, Christmas Island is today the centre of attraction for scientists and servicemen, who are...