Results: Stories
5 results found for '"Universal [United States]"' in Footage or Written Source.
Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: The Bikini Bomb
- Date released
- 15 Jul 1946
- Series name
- British Movietone News
- Issue no
- 893
- NoS ID
- 013937
- Story no
- 3 / 3
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Bikini Atom Bomb - Operation Crossroads. DESCRIPTION: Operation Crossroads is completed with the dropping of an atomic bomb on Bikini Atoll. Tests of many kinds were put in place on...
Spot News from Near and Far: Howard Hughes Demonstrates New Radar Plane
- Date released
- 19 May 1947
- Series name
- British Paramount News
- Issue no
- 1692
- NoS ID
- 040541
- Story no
- 4 / 7
- Extras
- 1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list
Millionaire aviation enthusiast Howard Hughes gives demonstration of new radar safety device for planes which give warning of approaching obstructions.
US Set Air Record, Cobb Tunes Up
- Date released
- 4 Sep 1947
- Series name
- British Paramount News
- Issue no
- 1723
- NoS ID
- 040698
- Story no
- 3 / 5
- Extras
- 1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list
John Cobb, out to beat own record of 368 miles an hour, reaches 334 miles an hour in trial run on Bonneville Salt Flats. US Navy’s "Skystreak" jetplane beats British Air Record at average speed of 650...
Howard Hughes’ Flying Boat Takes to Air (Wipe To)
- Date released
- 10 Nov 1947
- Series name
- British Paramount News
- Issue no
- 1742
- NoS ID
- 040799
- Story no
- 5 / 5
- Extras
- 1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet
World’s largest plane - subject of a Congressional enquiry - is flown for first time, with Hughes at the controls.
Reports in Brief
- Date released
- 23 Feb 1953
- Series name
- British Paramount News
- Issue no
- 2294
- NoS ID
- 044261
- Story no
- 7 / 9
- Extras
- 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list
Former GI who turned into woman arrives home.