The Colossus of the Barrel Flies (1949)

'Sound Colossus Takes The Air'. Filton Airfield, Bristol, Avon. MV Brabazon at the airfield. SV Pan Bristol Brabazon aircraft. SV tail unit. CU Bill Pegg and his two other men. SV engine with counter-rotating propellers. His SV engineer examining the front wheel. SV Pan test pilot William Pegg and his engineers on their way to Brabazon. Named CU Brabazon. SV Bill Pegg climbs the ladder and boards the plane. MV Brabazon at the end of the runway. MV Bill Pegg looking out the cockpit window. The revving up of SV engine No. 1. MV #1 engine running. Engine #2 will start. MV Bill Pegg by the window. Introducing the SV Brabason. The Pan SV guys are watching. MV Brabazon begins east-west taxiing test on runway. MV people peeking through wire mesh. MV Travel shot a Brabazon taxiing down the runway. LV Crowd sitting on the roof and watching. MV heading to Brabazon taxiing the runway. The pan nose of an aircraft taxiing on an SV runway. LV Towards and Panning Brabazon taxi down the runway. The nose wheel then raises the landing gear. The plane climbs steadily. Rear view of an airplane rising off the MV runway. LV people sit on the roof and watch. LV Brabazon in flight. Side view. MV side view Brabazon in flight. LV Three Quarters view of Brabazon on final approach. LV Brabazon on the runway. Land and taxi along the runway, past the fire trucks. MV Brabazon moving slowly on the runway.