• Short Summary

    Gloster Meteor plane breaks air speed record in gale.

  • Description

    Gloucester.

    CU. Gloster Meteor plane. CU. The pilot, Squadron Leader Bill Waterton, climbing into cockpit, mechanics checking, press taking photographs. Plane taxiing.

    CU. The pilot arriving. MS. The pilot strapping on harness. Pilot in plane. LS. The plane landing after breaking air speed record regardless of gale.

    Information found in the old file - Comb.Neg. - Cuts 48/6. Natural sound only.

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  • Data

    Film ID:
    2206.03
    Media URN:
    74382
    Group:
    Unissued unused
    Archive:
    British Pathé
    Issue Date:
    1948
    Sound:
    sound
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:01:31:00
    Time in/Out:
    01:09:31:00 / 01:11:02:00
    Canister:
    UN 1877 I

Comments (3)

  1. Unknown user says

    The aircraft is a Gloster Meteor.

    Footage of this even with a commentary can be seen in clip 1420.06.

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  2. Unknown user says

    Clarifying my earlier comment, "Gloucester Meteor" in the title should read Gloster Meteor.

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  3. Unknown user says

    Thanks.

    It's odd that so often the titles for these spell Gloster as "Gloucester" - though in this particular case the fact it was filmed in Gloucester might be adding to the confusion.

    The cataloguer clearly knew how to spell Gloster Meteor (it's in the first line "CU Gloster Meteor plane"). So we can only assume that this was how the title was written by Pathe staff back when the footage was filmed as our cataloguers rarely changed the original titles.

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