Meteor Breaking Air Speed Record 1946

Star Item

Description

De Havilland Aircraft Productions.

Various shots of the meteor flying over the sea at 623 mph. C.U. as plane is wheeled from hangar showing its unusual high tail fin.

Crowds on beaches watching the plane. Various shots of Meteor diving low over the Airfield, flying at 600 mph. Flying...

more

Data

Cataloguer:
MIKE
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
sound
Media URN:
66096
Sort Number:
UN 1543 A
Time in/Out:
01:35:17:00 / 01:42:09:00
Canister:
UN 1543 A
Film ID:
2331.14
Issue Date:

Comments (1)

We always welcome comments and more information about our films.

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

  • "Air Comm Whittle" referred to is the famous engineer Frank Whittle.

    "Waterton" is Bill Waterton.

    "Donaldson" is Edward "Teddy" Donaldson.

    jamied 10th May 2012

Add your comment

To post a comment, please Register or to add a comment
Adrenaline seekers from the past have left an indelible mark on the Pathe archive. Some were so dangerous they even lost their lives. Here are 10 top daredevils.
daredevil
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
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

Related Videos

Hide
Cuts / Out Takes From Cp 382 - Corfu And Twist Hairstyles

Cuts / Out Takes From Cp 382 - Corfu And Twist Hairstyles

Cuts (rushes, out takes) for stories in CP 382.

Children's Cinema (Aka Children's Matinee)

Children's Cinema (Aka Children's Matinee)

Films made by children aided by the British film industry for Children's matinee's, Kent.

Oxford To Break That 10 Years Losing Spell?

Oxford To Break That 10 Years Losing Spell?

Rowing race to choose the Oxford crew for the boat race.

George Melachrino

George Melachrino

George Melachrino and his Orchestra perform 'Fools Rush In'.

Dancing On The Rooftops In Chicago

Dancing On The Rooftops In Chicago

A couple do a very slow version of the Big Apple dance on a plank sticking out of high building.

Tournament Of Light (Lner)

Tournament Of Light (Lner)

Lovely decorated floats on the theme of fairytales sail past at night in the Tournament of Light. Newport Bay, California, America (USA).

Pathe Sports Parade

Pathe Sports Parade

England beat Italy 2-0 at International football match from White Hart Lane.

Ascot Report

Ascot Report

The fashions and thrills of Royal Ascot - controversial "dead heat" race included.

 

 

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 images taken from inside Buchenwald Concentration Camp after its Liberation show us what it was like; it tells us what happened and forces us to remember.
Buchenwald
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
Private UFOs, flying bicycles, motorised wheels - Pathe's archive is awash with fabulous films of canny and creative transport inventions.
Transport_Inventions
Over its history, the Pathe cameras filmed a number of people who had committed heinous crimes. So in no particular order, these images show ten faces of truly evil men and women.
Himmler