New Us Navy Jet (1949)

Unused / unissued footage - dates and locations may be unknown or unclear. New US Navy jet fighter - the Lockheed XF-90 - Burbank, California, United States of America. Titles read: ’AIR NEWS - Camera; Vail & Vander Veer, Voice: DWIGHT WEIST - AIR FORCE LATEST... NEEDLE-NOSED F-90’. (American commentary.) M/S of needle-nosed aeroplane Lockheed XF-90 with helmeted test pilot fingering the plane’s narrow ’needle nose’. M/S of tail unit. M/S of pilot climbing aboard. Shots of plane taxiing. Item ends abruptly. 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 Bri