Sound Barrier Broken (1953)

Unissued / Unused material. Jacqueline Auriol, daughter-in-law of President Vincent Auriol, cracks the sound barrier. Bretigny, France. Madame Jacqueline Auriol in her working clothes enters test centre office. She takes up her equipment for a flight and walks out. MS as she gets in. CU as she fastens helmet. MS plane taking off, two men watch. Shots of truck with radio equipment in communication with the aircraft in flight. Various shots of her in flight. CU of her after she has cracked sound barrier. 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 (