Brabazon Airliner Named (1947)

Unused / unissued footage - dates and locations may be unclear / unknown. Cuts for newsreel 47/82 - Brabazon Airliner Named at Filton, Bristol. Several shots of the world’s biggest aircraft (at the time). L/S of people running to the hangar to see the plane. Crowds of people watch from behind barriers at the airfield. M/S of part of the plane with the doors of the hanger opening in the background. The plane is wheeled back into the hangar. C/U Air Vice Marshal Coryton naming the plane Bristol Brabazon 1 (mute). Tracking shots round the plane. 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), Br
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