Pilotless Plane Flies Atlantic (1947)

Unused / unissued footage - dates and locations unclear / unknown. United States of America - September 1947. Shots of a pilotless (radio controlled) plane in flight. The plane lands. US Air Force crew are seen boarding the plane and checking details before the flight. Colonel Gillespie boards the plane. The crew are seen on board. C/U of mechanism - the automatic pilot, presumably. Navigator at work on the plane, plotting the course - the plane is about to fly the Atlantic. Cataloguer’s frivolous note: I love the USAF uniforms! FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931