De Havilland Comet (1950)

Unissued / unused material. De Havilland Comet’s record flight to Italy. Hatfield Aerodrome, Hertfordshire. LS Comet airliner taking off. MS Comet in flight (2 shots). LS towards and pan to back view of Comet landing and taxiing in. CU Comet coming to a standstill (3 shots). MS Officials stepping down from plane (2 shots). CU test pilot John Cunningham stepping down from ’plane (2 shots). Date given on old record is 17/03/1950. NB: lengths of spacing between some shots. 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 Vis