Jet Test Flight Betters Record (1946)
Item title reads Jet test flight betters record. Location of events unknown. Various shots of mechanics working on a Gloster Meteor aeroplane. C, U of Group Captain Donaldson in the cockpit of his aeroplane. Various shots as it taxis and takes off. Various shots of the Meteor in flight on world speed record attempt. M, S s of barrage balloons marking course. M, S of experts operating timing machines to test the speed of the flight. M, S of Donaldson back on the ground with Squadron Leader Waterton. Donaldson makes speech about new record. Engineers adjust Waterton s plane before he gets in for his attempt. Various good shots of the Meteor speeding out over the sea. End titles. FILM 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
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