Title:MASTERY OF THE AIR : Farnborough 1952 [Main Title]
Film Number:COI 335
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Summary: A record of the aircraft on show at Farnborough, 1952.
Description:Opening general shots of the ground display and visiting crowds (including the Duke of Edinburgh) followed by film of the flight demonstrations: De Havilland Heron; Auster Aiglet; Saunders-Roe Skeeter (light helicopter); Bristol 173 (twin-rotor helicopter); Vickers Viscount; De Havilland Comet (demonstration rocket-assisted take off by a 'Sprite' Comet; normal Comet in Canadian Pacific livery); the Bristol Britannia. This being the year in which 2 pilots were killed, the film at this point pays tribute to the Show pilots, with film of Pegg, Trubshaw, Bryce, Tyson, Beamont, Lithgow, Morgan (?), Falk, Waterton, Duke and the 2 dead, Derry and his observer, Richards. Saunders-Roe Princess flying boat flies over; English Electric Canberra; Supermarine Swift; Gloster Javelin; Vickers Valiant; Avro Vulcan; the fatal DH 110 flight (aircraft breaks up in mid-air, following supersonic dive); followed immediately ('show must go on' spirit) by Hawker Hunter supersonic flight. Commentary notes 'superpriority' defence production of many aircraft on show.
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Colour:B&W
Digitised:Yes
Object_Number:COI 335
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:IWM
Film: IWM
Featured Period:1945-1989
Production Date:1952-1952
Production Country:GB
Production Details:Foreign Office (Production sponsor)
Central Office of Information (Production sponsor)
British Movietone News (Production Company)
Wyand, Paul (Production individual)
Samuelson, David (Production individual)
Perrin, Raymond (Production individual)
Mitchell, Leslie Scott Falconer (Production cast)
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Physical Characteristics:Colour format: B&W
Sound format: Sound
Soundtrack language: English
Title language: English
Technical Details:Footage: 1409 ft; Running time: 16 mins
