Building Comets For France (1953)

Unused / unissued material - Hatfield, Hertfordshire. VS in aircraft manufacture factory of Comet airliners being built for Air France. Undercarriage being fitted. Nearly completed plane being worked on in hanger. MS men working on wing. MS of tail plane. MS part of wing showing parts moving. Undercarriage being tested. More shots of men fitting parts to plane. Various parts of engine being fitted and lifted into place in mounting on wing. VS of engineers looking over plans - possibly Air France inspectors Dollow, Bossard, Brevet, Leduc, Marchand and Cescousse. More shots of assembly work. Small parts are filed down to fit. ( & Lav.) Old record suggests material dates from around 22/04/1953. 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 hist