We use cookies on this website.
By continuing to use this site without changing your cookie settings,
you agree that you are happy to accept our privacy policy
and for us to access our cookies on your device.
Title:UNIVERSAL TALKING NEWS (1930) - A NINE TON BULLET [Main Title]
Film Number:IWM 880-01e
Other titles:
Summary: Newsreel item on experiments in launching aircraft by means of a steam catapult at Farnborough, 1930.
Description: A Vickers Virginia bomber is set up to be fired from one of the catapults. First, a pilot gets into a smaller aircraft, a Fairey IIIF (not a seaplane) which is launched by one version of the catapult, and goes on to overfly the airfield.