| COMETS NOW SHOW PROFIT Comet aircraft are built, tested and flown after government loan has been repaid. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5909 |
| Catalog #: | 13656 | |
| Clip Number: | 13656-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 62/67 | |
| Timecode: | 01:10:59 - 01:12:19 | |
| Location: | Hatfield, Hertfordshire | |
| Year Shot: | 1962 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DISASTERS: Air Crashes LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England OCCUPATIONS: Flight Attendant TRANSPORTATION/AVIATION: Design/Assembly TRANSPORTATION/AVIATION: Passenger | |
| Description: | "COMETS NOW SHOW PROFIT". Hatfield, Hertfordshire Air to air shots of Comet airplane of Mexicano Airways. Various shots of Comets under construction and men at work on aircraft production at Hatfield. Fuselage of a Comet is taken to another hangar. Commentator talks of the £4 million Government loan used to establish the Comet has been repaid in full. Several shots show salvage vessels at sea lifting the wreckage of a crashed Comet off the coast of Elba eight years before. Air to ground shot of a Comet in a water tank in Farnborough, being covered with water in tests. Another comet undergoes vibration tests on the wings. Men examine damage to Comet's fuselage after the water test. C/U of the damaged section. Air to air shots of Comet 4 of Olympic Airways. Inside we see flight attendant serving drinks to people on board. | |
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