Design For Speed (1947)

Title reads: “Design for Speed“. Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough, Hampshire. Various shots of aircraft designers testing model of Meteor jet plane in wind tunnel. Various shots of designers operating large control board, lots of switches and dials. The wind tunnel is sealed off by large doors, designers look at model through window. Various shots of Meteor jet planes under construction in aircraft factory. Several of the workers are women. M/S of section of plane being pushed through a tunnel of infra red lamps - this is to speed the painting drying up. L/S of completed aeroplane moving out of hangar doors, onto an airfield. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items