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They Made News, Part 1 - The B-25 Empire State Building crash of 1945 and the sinking of the Flying Enterprise in 1952
From a programme of unique interviews with top newsreel cameramen who were at the greatest events of the 20th century. The film is in rough cut stage (cutting copy) and is intercut with footage illustrating the cameramen's stories.
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1951, Farnborough Air Show. Supermarine models 508, 510, 535. 1953 London to Brussels record.
Clip from a Vickers Supermarine B&W film chronicling the development of Vickers aircraft design from the Supermarine in 1925, through the Supermarine 4 monoplane, the S5, S6, S6B, Spitfire, Seafire, Spiteful, Attacker, 508, 510, 535, to...
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Visit To London & Changing Guards 1950s
Long shot Houses of Parliament Big Ben clock. St Pauls Cathedral, Tower Bridge, Tower of London, traffic policeman. Statue of Eros, Marble Arch, Piccadilly Circus traffic, line of Black Cab taxis. Taxi driver talk to radio. Taxi away....
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Blackburn Buccaneer, Fairey Delta 1, Fairey Delta 2, Short SC1 and the Harrier are all seen in action at airshow
Clip from "Flight Fighters of the Fifties", a comprehensive compilation film of fighter aircraft built in the 1950s. Blackburn Buccaneer, Fairey Delta 1, Fairey Delta 2, Short SC1 and the Harrier are all seen in action (audio sync issue...
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Atomic Age, Cold War, Warsaw Pact, birth of NATO, missile and airborne defence
Clip from comprehensive compilation film of fighter aircraft built in the 1950s. The Cold War. (in part, audio sync issue)
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Atomic bomb, Cold War, Warsaw Pact
Clip from comprehensive compilation film of fighter aircraft built in the 1950s.
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McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom, Nato Boeing A3A AWACS and Tupolve Tu-95 in action
Clip from "Flight Fighters of the Fifties", a comprehensive compilation film of fighter aircraft built in the 1950s. McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom, Nato Boeing A3A AWACS and Tupolve Tu-95 seen in action. (audio sync issue in part).
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Vickers Supermarine design HQ. Manufacturing. Test flights.
Clip from a Vickers Supermarine B&W film chronicling the development of Vickers aircraft design from the Supermarine in 1925, through the Supermarine 4 monoplane, the S5, S6, S6B, Spitfire, Seafire, Spiteful, Attacker, 508, 510, 535, to...
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With General Cargo Africa To London 50s
‘Palm Line’ Ship Movement list. Ships sail into Lagos harbor from London. Dockers tie ship. Trains planes cars. Lagos office workers. A worker joins ship, passing the loading of ship. He meets ships crew and shown cabin. Cargo aboard....
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Farnborough Airshow - the Lightening fighter jet
Farnborough Airshow - the Lightening fighter jet, 1950s
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Farnborough Airshow 4
Various aircraft on display at Farnborough Airshow, 1950s. exact date unknown.
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Farnborough Airshow 5
Various aircraft on display at Farnborough Airshow, 1950s. exact date unknown.
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Farnborough Airshow 6
Various aircraft on display at Farnborough Airshow, 1950s. exact date unknown.
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Farnborough Airshow - the Lightening fighter jet 1
Farnborough Airshow - the Lightening fighter jet, 1950s
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London's West End, 1950s
1950s. Nightlife - Close shots of neon signs of London. Piccadilly Circus. Theaters lit up play hoardings. Fountains
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MacDonnel Douglas F-4 Phantom, (1958)
Clip from "Flight Fighters of the Fifties", a comprehensive compilation film of fighter aircraft built in the 1950s. McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom seen in action on runway and in flight (audio sync issue in part).
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Lord's Cricket Ground, London 1950s
American tourists enter The tavern pub near Lord’s cricket ground. men watch and drink inside Lord’s cricket ground. Tourists enter Lord’s. Shots of ground and spectators. Tourists take sit and watch game. They talk to a spectator. Shots...
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US fighter jets; F-100 Super Sabre (1953) and Republic F-105 Thunderchief (1955)
Clip from "Flight Fighters of the Fifties", a comprehensive compilation film of fighter aircraft built in the 1950s. F-100 Super Sabre and F105 Thunderchief (the Thud) are seen in action, in flight and attacking. (In part audio sync issue).
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Test flight of the record-breaking Supermarine Swift in the North African desert, 1953
Clip from "Flight Fighters of the Fifties", a comprehensive compilation film of fighter aircraft built in the 1950s. Record breaking Supermarine fighter, The Swift.
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The English Electric Lightning supersonic fighter jet, 1954 -1
Clip from "Flight Fighters of the Fifties", a comprehensive compilation film of fighter aircraft built in the 1950s. The English Electric Lightning in action with scramble. (in part, audio sync issue)
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The Hawker Hunter jet; rare footage of the Black Arrows in the 1970s
Clip from "Flight Fighters of the Fifties", a comprehensive compilation film of fighter aircraft built in the 1950s. The Hawker Hunter. (in part, audio sync issue). Very rare footage of the 22-jet aerobatic team, the Black Arrows, who...
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The French Dassault Mirage supersonic fighter jet, 1955
Clip from "Flight Fighters of the Fifties", a comprehensive compilation film of fighter aircraft built in the 1950s. Dassault Mirage jets on runway. (audio sync issue)
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Supersonic jets at Farnborough Airshow, 1950s
Clip from "Flight Fighters of the Fifties", a comprehensive compilation film of fighter aircraft built in the 1950s. Farnborough Airshow 1956. Jets take off (audio sync issue)