AVIATION COLLECTION #2 RE: A selection of material concerning flight. Tape 2 features Reuters material from the early part of the 20th Century.

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  • Title: AVIATION COLLECTION #2 RE: A selection of material concerning flight. Tape 2 features Reuters material from the early part of the 20th Century.
  • Date: 17th November 2005
  • Summary: AVIATION COLLECTION #2 RE: A selection of material concerning flight. Tape 2 features Reuters material from the early part of the 20th Century.
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  • Story Text:AVIATION COLLECTION #2 RE: A selection of material concerning flight.

    Tape 2 features Reuters material from the early part of the 20th Century.

    TAPE 2

    00.00 GB LV232 (06.46 TO 08.48)
    Clip of film showing the Wright Brothers flight at Kittyhawk.
    SHOWS: London: Science Museum; Wright brothers aircraft. Clip of film from 1903 showing first flight of aircraft.

    01.57 GB LV21 (08.09 TO 08.48)
    Background footage on the death of Bleriot. Shows exclusive film of his flight
    across the English Channel in 1909.

    02.36 GR V32 (41.05 TO 41.31)
    Footage of the pioneer American aviator, Colonel Sam (Samuel) Cody. It shows him prior to his fatal flight at Aldershot, England. Also shows the wreck of the
    aircraft.

    03.08 GR V33 (02.23 to 02.47)
    1916: Views of what was then the largest aircraft belonging to the United States.SHOWS: Large twin engined biplane on ground. Engines started; Long shot of aircraft
    taking off.

    03.35 GR V76 (13.24 TO 14.10)
    1917: Combat aircraft on display at an airfield near Verdun. Aircraft appear to
    be Sopwith Pups or Sopwith Camels.

    04.20 GR V9 (47.14 TO 50.05)
    1919: Shows the Handley Page bomber (Note, murky start to footage.)
    SHOWS; Aircraft being brought out of hanger and prepared for flight. Aircraft
    takes off, circles field and lands.

    07.14 GR V48 (05.24 TO 06.25)
    1919: Transatlantic seaplane.
    SHOWS: Twin engined biplane across water. Plane bears what appear to be an RAF roundel. Open cockpit is clearly visible. Ground to air shots of aircraft. Mid shot of open cockpit and open crew areas.

    08.18 GR V48 (10.27 TO 11.14)
    1919: Views of the Farman Goliath passenger aircraft. It is leaving Paris en
    route to London. SHOWS: GVs of twin engined biplane with covered cockpit and passenger area. GVs of aircraft taking off.

    08.52 GR V49 (05.23 TO 09.10)
    1919: The Prince of Wales (Prince Edward, later King Edward VIII) has his first flight in a RAF Handley Page bomber.

    12.45 GR V 49 (09.59 TO 10.39)
    1919: Views of Shorts Atlantic flying boat. The aircraft is a twin seat single
    engined biplane. The aircraft appears to have a large extra fuel tank slung
    beneath the fuselage.

    13.28 G.GR V49 (19.23 TO 20.56)
    1919: Film of the first civilian flight since the end of the First World War.
    Shows single engined biplane (note has military roundels on fuselage) The
    aircraft has an enclosed cockpit. SHOWS: Arrival of single civilian passenger,
    aircraft takes off.

    15.05 GR V50 (13.36 TO 14.10)
    1919: Crash of the Tarrant Triplane, at the time the largest aircraft in the
    world. SHOWS: GVs of four engined triplane. Aircraft taxis past camera. Long shot of crashed aircraft. Murky shot of crash scene.

    15.40 GR V54 (14.25 TO 15.19)
    1920: The Gordon Bennet Air Race.
    SHOWS: selection of single seat high performance biplanes

    16.41 GR V57 (16.41 TO 18.28)
    1921: Launch of the Fairey Seaplane.

    18.35 GR V57~(39.34 TO 40.53)
    1921: Stunt shots of an aircraft that can apparently double as a car.

    19.55 GR V59 (13.18 TO 21.47)
    1922: Round Britain Race. SHOWS: Blackburn Kangaroo (t/c 19.56) Unidentified Avro (t/c 20.12 Avro Lucifer (t/c 20.36) Vickers Vulcan (t/c 24.26) Other aircraft as yet unidentified. Shots of winner being handed cup. Shots of women passengers in and out of aircraft.

    28.27 GR V61 (26.45 TO 28.33)
    1923: Mid air re-fuelling techniques.
    SHOWS: Biplanes being prepared. Air to Air shots of aircraft flying one above the other connected by a long pipe.

    29.40 GR V28 (02.40 to 03.57)
    1924: The Blackburn Napier Gvs of the aircraft. Also shown in this item is the
    Latham Antoinette (circa 1909)

    30.59 GR V28 (08,40 TO 09.48)
    1924: Stunt film of man playing golf on the wing of an airborne biplane.

    32.05 GR V28~(16.20 TO 17.25)
    1924: Film of the light aircraft competition, Lympne. SHOWS: Aircraft with folded wings towards camera. Other aircraft with folded wings, close shot of the engine of the CLA2 biplane. Shot of the Pixie III in flight.

    33.10 GR V65 (14.13 TO 15.32)
    1925: Shows a US Army airship experimenting with hooking an aircraft whilst in flight.

    34.01 1925: Early formation flying of military aircraft. Good air to air shots of
    formation taking off and in flight.

    35.00 GR V67 (52.23 TO 53.10)
    1925: Air to air shots of US military aircraft practicing bombing.. Air to ground
    shots of bomb bursts.

    35.51 GR V31 (17.34 TO 22.24)
    1925: Supermarine S4.

    37.50 GR V31 (22.25 TO 23.18)
    1925: Gvs of an all metal seaplane. SHOWS: Twin engined monoplane on water. GVs of aircraft on land and on water.

    38.47 GR V69 (58.18 TO 01.00.53)
    1925: Film of the Blackburn Napier torpedo plane. GVs of aircraft on water, taking off, and passing low in front of the camera.

    41.21 GR V70 (40.35 TO 42.02)
    1925: Stunt flying. Man (wearing parachute) climbs out of flying aircraft and
    mounts bicycle slung underneath then drops away riding bike before opening
    parachute.

    42.52 GR V70 (44.44 TO 45.51)
    1925: Stunt flying. Aircraft with a man at the edge of each wing swoops to almost ground level. Men take rings from the hands of people standing on the ground.

    44.02 GR V70 (55.25 TO 55.50)
    1926: Shots of one of the original Curtiss aircraft which is still able to fly.

    44.29 GR V71 (48.12 TO 49.07)
    1926: Trick flying. Two men change aircraft in mid air.

    45.27 GR V81 (37.55 TO 38.34)
    1926: Gvs of the giant Sikorsky-Fonck aircraft, a tri motor biplane.

    46.08 GR V94 (31.06 TO 31.38)
    1926: Imperial Airways "Silver Service" airline makes first flight over
    London. Aircraft takes off; air to air shots of biplane. Pilot is sitting in an
    open cockpit.

    46.44 GR V94 (39.39 TO 41.18)
    1927: An accident happens shortly after the christening of a Bellacarna aircraft. Remarkable flying ensures a safe landing.

    48.08 GR V100 (50.28 TO 51.12)
    1927: Gvs of the new American Condor bomber. The aircraft was armed with 6 machine guns. (Please note there is music on this track)

    48.55 GR V102 (32.11 TO 32.45)
    1927: Flight of the Supermarine S5 as it wins the Scneider trophy (Pilot Flight
    Lt S.N. Webster.)

    49.34 GR V164 (22.29 TO 23.57)
    1927: Shots of the "Spirit of St Louis " aircraft. Good shot of Charles
    Lindbergh.

    51.03 GR V111 (16.32 TO 17.44)
    1928: New type of three engined monoplane tested.

    52.16 GR V111 (47.29 TO 47.54)
    1928: Shows bizarre bird like ornithopter.

    52.46 GR V119 (30.30 TO 30.52)
    1929: New type of mid air re-fuelling device tested.

    53.12 GR V123 (03.05 TO 03.53)
    1929: Mr E. Winter demonstrates his plan for man powered flight. SHOWS: pedal powered machine which flaps its wings.

    54.03 GR V126 (48.31 TO 50.00)
    1929: Film of the 12 engined Dornier DOX, a flying boat capable of carrying 169 passengers.

    55.34 GR V131 (26.39 TO 29.20)
    1929: Frankfurt: Herr Fritz Opel flies his rocket plane after the third attempt.
    Shows aircraft being prepared on rail-type take off ramp. Shots of aircraft
    trying to take off.

    58.10 GR V132 (30.13 TO 32.44)
    1929: Trials of two rocket planes.

    01.00.42 GR V132 (37.54 TO 38.24)
    1929: Film of an alleged rubber aircraft.

    01.01.16 GR V132 (23.49 TO 24.29)
    1929: Film of the German Dornier DOX making record breaking flight.

    01.02.03 GR V136 (57.13 TO 57.58)
    1930: GVs of a flying wing type aircraft.

    01.02.52 GR V141 (18.10 TO 18.41)
    1930: View of a British flying wing type aircraft called the Sterodactyl.

    01.03.28 GR V144 (46.44 TO 47.29)
    1930: Test of aircraft catapult launching system

    01.04.11 GR V144 (11.18 TO 11.54)
    1930: Views of the Ford Tri Motor

    01.04.52 GR V145 (40.22 TO 41.13)
    1930: View of the new Handley Page passenger aircraft. Shows four engined biplane taking off and landing.

    01.05.45 GR V148~(04.16 TO 05.35)
    1931: excellent pictures of the RAF's new aircraft, the Hawker Hart.

    Beta SP (Reuters) 67mins 5secs
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