Summary: Promotional film for the English Electric Lightning, where "flight at Mach 2 [twice the speed of sound]... is an everyday experience". Aspects of the aircraft are shown, including a sequence giving an impression of what it is like to be in the cockpit during flight.
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Colour:Colour
Digitised:No
Object_Number:MGH 6714
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:NON-IWM
Featured Period:
Production Date:1961
Production Country: GB
Production Details: British Aircraft Corporation (Production sponsor)
Athos Film Productions (Production company)
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Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour
Sound format: Sound
Soundtrack language: English
Title language: English
Technical Details: Format: 35mm
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Footage: 585 ft; Running time: 6 mins
