Us Flying Wing In Flight (1946)

Unissued / unused material. Hawthorne Field, California, United States of America (USA). Test flight of the new American Airliner, the XB-35 “Flying Wing“, at the Hawthorne Airfield. L/S engines revving up. Men working on plane (shot gives good idea of aircraft’s size). M/S pilot in cockpit. L/S and M/S plane taxiing. L/S plane taking off. Various shots of plane in flight. Old records give date as 02/07/1946. 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 o