• Short Summary

    BRITAIN'S LATEST AIR GIANT, THE 600-MILES-AN-HOUR (960 KMS) VC-10 JETLINER FLEW FROM LONDON TO LAGOS WITH 80 PASSENGERS TODAY (WEDNESDAY) TO INAUGURATE A NEW PASSENGER SERVICE TO WEST AFRICA.

  • Description

    1.
    LV VC-10 ON RUNWAY AT LONDON AIRPORT
    0.05

    2.
    CV SIGN: "V-10 INAUGURAL FLIGHT LONDON TO LAGOS".
    0.09

    3.
    GV PASSENGERS IN AIRPORT LOUNGE (2 SHOTS).
    0.16

    4.
    GV VC-10 ON RUNWAY.
    0.24

    5.
    CV & GV PASSENGERS BOARD PLANE. (2 SHOTS).
    0.32

    6.
    LV THE VC-10 TAKING OFF.
    0.52



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    Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved

    Background: BRITAIN'S LATEST AIR GIANT, THE 600-MILES-AN-HOUR (960 KMS) VC-10 JETLINER FLEW FROM LONDON TO LAGOS WITH 80 PASSENGERS TODAY (WEDNESDAY) TO INAUGURATE A NEW PASSENGER SERVICE TO WEST AFRICA.

    THE 150-TON AIRCRAFT, ONE OF A FLEET OF 42 TO BE OPERATED BY BRITISH OVERSEAS AIRWAYS ON ITS WORLD ROUTES, WAS DUE TO MAKE THE NON-STOP 3,100 MILE (5,000 KMS) FLIGHT TO THE NIGERIAN CAPITAL IN SIX HOURS TEN MINUTES.

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  • Data

    Film ID:
    VLVA74TXYG7RVEX5MHX7QVWZZKB5Q
    Media URN:
    VLVA74TXYG7RVEX5MHX7QVWZZKB5Q
    Group:
    Reuters - Including Visnews
    Archive:
    Reuters
    Issue Date:
    29/04/1964
    Sound:
    Unknown
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:00:53:00
    Time in/Out:
    /
    Canister:
    N/A

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