Testing An Aircraft Ejection Seat (1940)

Denham, Buckinghamshire. 1944 Man sitting on the rocket propelled aircraft seat ready for testing. He flies up the steel constriction very fast. Several shots of the steel construction looks like a large mast. More shots of demonstration of rocket propelled ejector seat for aeroplanes (in slow motion and normal speed) at Denham. 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 includes more than 136, 000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (19101932), Empire News Bulletin (19261930), British Paramount (19311957), and Gaumont British (19341959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.