Spitfire Beats Jet (1948)

Sections of track neg. for this item missing. Combined lavender print is also transferred and can be found on the same tape Film ID - . Full title reads: “SPITFIRE BEATS JET“. Lympne, Kent. (Long shot of Lympne airport. Helicopter in background. Close up shot of helicopter landing. Close up shot, pan, glider landing. ) - This sequence is missing. Pan, glider landing. Planes taxiing in, pan to more planes taxiing in. Close up shot of pilot climbing down from cockpit. Man assisting girl from cockpit. Douglas Fairbanks Jr and wife watching. Close up shot of Douglas Fairbanks Jr talking to wife. Miss Lettice Curtis from Devonshire closing door of plane. Close up shot of Miss Curtis. Close up shot of closing door of plane. Close up shot of closing cockpit cover. Close up shot of another pilot climbing into cockpit. Close up shot of John Cunningham adjusting harness in cockpit. Pan, Spitfire trainer taxiing to line. Towards and pan, Vampire 3 taxiing to start. Crowd pointing. Pan T. S. Wade takin