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Other titles:BRABAZON - KING OF THE AIR [Alternative Title]
Summary: The development of the Bristol Brabazon airliner, from its first conception in 1943 to the prototype's maiden flight on September 4 1949.
Description: Meetings of a planning committee and the doodles' on their note pads (re-enacted material); production of detailed plans in the design room; chief designer Russell with a model (diagram compares eventual size to Statue of Liberty); construction of wooden mock-up; building of a vast new hangar for final assembly; construction work; Chief Test Pilot Pegg in a special workshop containing (dismounted) replicas of all controls and moving surfaces; test-running engines; moving half-built prototype to new hangar; construction completed; prototype wheeled out; last tests, public gallery; taxiing; first take-off, from specially built runway.
Production Details: Ministry of Information (Production sponsor)
Crown Film Unit (Production company)
Mills, John (Production cast)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Russell, Archibald E (person)
Pegg, Arthur J (person)
Keywords: aircraft, British - transport: Bristol Brabazon & [R and D] (object name)
industry, British - aircraft: Bristol Brabazon (object name)
GB, England (geography)
Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W
Sound format: Sound
Soundtrack language: English
Title language: English
Subtitle language: None
Technical Details: Format: 35mm
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Footage: 849 ft; Running time: 10 mins
HD Media:
Notes: Technical: fine-grain (formerly number COI 264) has title BRABAZON - KING OF THE AIR; print has title THE FLYING SKYSCRAPER. They are otherwise identical.
