Behind The News Air Speed Record Inside Story (1946)

Item title reads Behind the news. Air speed record the inside story. Derwent, Cumbria. Farnborough, Hampshire. L, S of a jet plane streaking across the sky at 600 miles per hour during a practice run. Various good shots of the machines and men in the Rolls Royce Merlin factory at Derwent turning out parts for the jet engines. C, U as flames shoot from a jet research engine at the Air Ministry s research station at Farnborough. Various shots of the engineers at work. C, U as a freshly painted plane fuselage is wheeled into the electrically heated drying shed. M, S of the large fan in the wind tunnel starting up. C, U of a scale model jet plane inside a wind tunnel. Jet expert Dr. Roxby Cox commentates on the progress of the jet aeroplane saying he is proud of the collaboration which produces the finest jets. L, S as jet streaks across sky. End titles. id79625, NB: alternative spelling Dr. Roxbee Cox FILM A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT S FULL O