The Douglas Skystreak breaks flight speed record (1947)

GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit US Navy’s new jet plane the Douglas Skystreak breaks the flight speed record at 650 miles per hour Full Description: USA: California: EXT AEROPLAnes AMERICAN New American Jet-plane-The Douglas “Skystreak“ new record breaker at 650 miles per hour COBB, John Carrying out final tests in his Railton-Special on the Utah Salt Flats. Shots of the car in test run at 334 miles P.H. JET-PROPELLED PLANES New American jet-plane the Douglas “Skystreak“ having been flown at 640 and later at 650 miles per hour RAILTON-SPECIAL Carry out final tests on the Utah Salt Flats. Shots of the car in Test Run SALT-FLATS, UTAH Shots of John Cobb in the Railton-Special during trial run on the flats. Good shots of the car going along flats “SKYSTREAK“ (The Douglas jet U.S.) The new record breaker @ 650 . Personalities - Records postwar, peacetim