Comet’s Half-Day Return To Libya (1949)

Full title reads: “Comet’s Half-Day Return To Libya“. London Airport. VS of De Havilland Comet jet liner on airstrip - good shots. MS Comet jet takes off. VS of plane flying overhead. Cut away to ground crew and engineers. MS Crowds watch as Comet lands after flight to Libya. MS Test pilot John ’Cats Eyes’ Cunningham coming down steps from plane. CU Cunningham. 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.