A three-part history of jet flight
1: The Reactionaries
Three men - sm ROY FEDDEN, GEORGE CARTER and SIR STANLEY HOOKER - were outstanding pioneers in aviation design who stand in an impressive triangle around the key figure of the father of the jet engine, SIR FRANK WHITTLE.
Archive film, some being screened for the first time, and dramatised sequences tell the story of the jet age from its dawn 50 years ago. Narrator Peter Brown
Film cameraman PAUL MORRIS Film editors DAVID KITSON and BERNARD GOODSALL
Original film sequences directed by DAVID KITSON
Written and produced by JOHN ELLIOT