Pilotless Plane Flies Atlantic (1947)

Unused / unissued footage - dates and locations unclear / unknown. United States of America - September 1947. M/S of the ladder to the radio-controlled plane being taken away and the door closed. Pan from the nose of the plane to the propellors which begin rotating. A man removes the chocks from beneath the wheels preparatory to the take off. Shots of the plane in flight. Shot of the engineer seated at the controls. C/U of the control panel with lights appearing as buttons are pressed. The magnetic radio compass is set. C/U as the lid of the control panel is lifted to reveal elaborate internal mechanism. The engineer speaks into a microphone. The pilot in the cockpit is seen pressing a button. M/S of the complicated dials and switches on the pilots control board. The levers move by themselves! 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.