Pilot + Cameraman 1944

Star Item

Description

Unissued / unused material - dates and locations may be unclear or unknown.

M/S of USAF (United States Air Force) pilot and newsreel cameraman standing in front of light aircraft. Both men get into aeroplane. C/U cameraman pointing camera out of cockpit window of plane.

Data

Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
61080
Sort Number:
UN 0928 D
Time in/Out:
01:44:00:00 / 01:45:02:00
Canister:
UN 928 D
Film ID:
1883.10
Issue Date:

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
Pilot Ahoy!

Pilot Ahoy!

Life aboard a pilot cutter in New York harbour.

Pilot Boat Tragedy

Pilot Boat Tragedy

Footage of the wreckage of a Mersey pilot boat on the River Mersey.

Ferry Pilot

Ferry Pilot

Footage of RAF pilots ferrying new aeroplanes to their destinations, Aston, Gloucester.

Vintage Pilot

Vintage Pilot

BEA airline pilot flies to London Airport from home in vintage biplane.

(Young Glider Pilots)

(Young Glider Pilots)

Young pilots in gliders in USSR.

(River Pilot)

(River Pilot)

Good shots of a River Boat Pilot turning a large ship round.

Blackburn Pilot

Blackburn Pilot

Ceremony honouring pilot and aircraft display or air show.

Gustav Hamel Pilot

Gustav Hamel Pilot

Shots of aeroplane and pilot Gustav Hamel.

 

 

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