Jet Plane Record (1940-1949)

California & New York, United States of America (USA). Various shots of the Lockheed “Shooting Star“ P 80 jet aircraft taking off, in the air and on the ground. Pilot leaving the plane after record flight, crowd around the plane. The Shooting star flew from California to New York in record time of 4 hours 13 minutes 26 seconds. Date found in the old file 01/02/1946. 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 (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.