America Reports On Newest Plane 1947

Star Item

Description

Full title reads: "America Reports on Newest Plane".

Footage of the B-35, US army's new Flying wing.

United States of America (USA).

MS of American Northrop B35 plane - a strange 'flying wing' design of bomber.

CU the counter rotating propellors revolving.

CU...

more

Data

Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
41139
Sort Number:
47/069
Time in/Out:
01:18:52:00 / 01:19:42:00
Canister:
47/69
Film ID:
1193.11
Issue Date:
28/08/1947

Comments (0)

We always welcome comments and more information about our films.

All posts are reactively checked. Libellous and abusive comments are forbidden.

Add your comment

To post a comment, please Register or to add a comment
British Pathe captured many extraordinary events on film over its 80 year history but sometimes the cameras were switched on when tragedy struck.
Franz Reichelt
The death penalty has been carried out in almost all societies and although these images from WWI and WWII are unsettling, they still provide a raw account of events from a certain time.
Death Row
The Duke of Edinburgh has many talents, but it is his unique way with words that often receives the most attention. 
Philip

Related Videos

Hide
The Bomber

The Bomber

Bombs being fixed to the underside of an aircraft then aerial shot of a target - incomplete film.

Stirling Bombers First Pictures

Stirling Bombers First Pictures

Stirling bombers are loaded with missiles as they prepare to go into battle.

The Hell Diver

The Hell Diver

The American hell diver is better and faster than any other dive-bomber in existence.

R.A.F's New Bomber

R.A.F's New Bomber

An item showing the R.A.F's new Avro-Manchester bomber.

Stirlings In The Making

Stirlings In The Making

Production of Stirling aeroplanes in British factories - good footage of women war workers.

Keep 'em Flying

Keep 'em Flying

Mobile repair units tend damaged bombers not able to make it back to base. England.

New Vickers Aircraft In-Flight

New Vickers Aircraft In-Flight

Vickers plane in-flight.

Wellington Plane In Flight

Wellington Plane In Flight

Wellington bomber in flight.

 

 

On June 4 1913, suffragette Emily Wilding Davison made her way in to the history books when she fell under the hooves of George V’s horse at the Epsom Derby. But was it intentional?
Emily
From well-constructed and contrived quips to completely natural and seemingly spontaneous comments, there's something fascinating about people's last words.
 Last_Words
The great politician and orator Winston Churchill left behind a sea of humourous quips and discerning quotes. We remember some of his finest epigrams and witty ripostes.
Churchill
WW2 accounted for over 60m deaths and innumerable lives shattered. Pathé cameras took to land, sea and air to record the bloodshed. Here are the 10 bloodiest battles that were caught on film.
Battle
Life before health and safety laws; men worked at huge heights, balancing on girders and cranes all in order to help build the world's tallest skyscrapers.
Vertigo
Terrorism is nothing new. The Pathe archive has a vast collection of material related to terrorist attacks dating back to 1919 right through to the 2005 London bombings.
911