Vickers Valiant Breaks Record (1955)

Unused / unissued material - A Vickers Valiant plane breaks a speed record. MS Crew being interviewed. MS Crew. LS Reporters round the crew. CU Captain of crew. MS Pan up jet’s tail plane LS Crew entering plane. LS Vickers Valiant plane taking off. Ground to air - plane flying away into distance. (Orig. Neg.) Old record suggests material dates from around 02/08/1955. 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 from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.