Stratocruiser Landing (1949)

Heathrow Airport, London.



LS. Pan-American stratocruiser aircraft coming in to land. Aircraft touches down. LS. Stratocruiser taxiing down the runway & coming to standstill. LS. Stratocruiser in flight. LS. Batman guiding aircraft as it taxis in. LS. Stratocruiser on the tarmac. MS. Port side of nose & two engines. LS. Stratocruiser with crowds around it. CU. Pilot leaving the aircraft. MS. Two air hostesses leaving stratocruiser. MS. Cockpit controls & instrument panels. CU. Propellor & engine. CU. Propellor showing square cut tips & drainage holes, which are responsible for the whining noise. SCU. Elevated shot, tail section. MS. Nose of Stratocruiser. LS. Back view of Stratocruiser.



(Comb. Neg.)



Date found in the old record - 04/04/1949. Natural sound only - in patches.
FILM ID:2274.06

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