Universal Newsreel - new passenger plane, USA; 1949
Newsreel report on a new double-decker aeroplane, the Lockheed R6V Constitution, commissioned by the US Navy and capable of carrying a large number of passengers in a luxury cabin, undertaking a flight from California to Washington, DC, with a record payload on board. Includes shots of a Navy ceremony, uniformed military personnel boarding, the plane taking off whilst ejecting copious quantities of smoke, an engineer operating a complex control panel, uniformed female personnel walking past seated passengers, the arrival at night and crew members posing on the plane's stairs, USA; precise date unknown, possibly February. (Universal Newsreel_Episode 1949 – ABMA707K)
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Editorial #:
1357725703
Collection:
BBC Editorial
Date created:
February 01, 1949
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Clip length:
00:01:05:07
Location:
California, United States
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QuickTime 10-bit ProRes 422 (HQ) HD 1920x1080 25p
Source:
BBC Editorial
Object name:
1949g1passengerplanesetsrecordfeb
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