Brain for the Jet Engine
Colour, with commentary, documents development work & control systems of the jet engine. Circa late 1960s / early 1970s.
00:01:10 00:01:26 man dressed as caveman running through woods & stream (title caption)
00:01:26 00:01:37 yellow iris in bloom, reeds in marches
00:01:37 00:01:44 caveman sitting on rock, woman dressed as cavewoman washing clothes on rock
00:01:44 00:01:54 woman dressed as Victorian scrubwoman washing clothes on washboard
00:01:54 00:02:33 woman doing laundry, loading automatic washing machine circa
00:02:33 00:02:36 exterior building engine research facility at Pystock
00:02:36 00:03:32 interior, jet engine test facilities, control systems, computer controls
00:03:32 00:03:44 early 1900s AVRO bi-plane in flight
00:03:44 00:03:48 RAF WWII bi-plane in flight
00:03:48 00:03:51 exterior building, sign `Power Jets Ltd.` founded by Frank Whittle, inventor of the jet engine
00:03:51 00:03:54 interior of above, men working on engines
00:03:54 00:04:13 Experimental aircraft E28/39 1st plane in Britain powered by jet engine, pilot getting in, cockpit display
00:04:13 00:04:17 E28/39 in-flight low-level, flies overhead
00:04:17 00:04:19 BOAC passenger jet in flight
00:04:19 00:04:33 Harrier jump jet, VTOL
00:04:33 00:04:43 cockpit instrument panel
00:04:43 00:04:59 Concord
00:04:59 00:05:14 diagram of aircraft engine
00:05:19 00:05:21 pilot in cockpit
00:05:21 00:05:35 stewardesses, interior of airport (Heathrow?), departure board
00:05:36 00:06:07 Frank Whittle in lab working on development of jet engine, engine blows
00:06:07 00:06:25 engine control components
00:06:25 00:07:04 engineer working on jet engine, component parts
00:07:05 00:09:22 diagrams of engine & controls
00:09:22 00:09:57 RN Buccaneer in-flight, pilot POV landing on aircraft carrier, take-off, in-flight
00:09:57 00:10:27 3D model illustrating engine acceleration
00:10:27 00:10:44 measuring engine thrust, demonstrating stall
00:10:44 00:10:49 3D model (as above)
00:10:49 00:11:20 measuring engine thrust, 3D model, measuring thrust
00:11:20 00:11:35 pilot in cockpit of militar aircraft
00:11:35 00:13:00 3D model (as above), computer effects
00:13:00 00:13:47 computer, measuring engine thrust, fuel flow gauge, computer read-out
00:13:47 00:14:08 movement of engine components, jet engine
00:14:08 00:14:18 ground technicians checking re-fuelling of aircraft
00:14:18 00:14:37 airport signage, passengers boarding aircraft, passengers in their seats onboard aircraft
00:14:37 00:14:58 computer, engine components
00:14:58 00:15:04 Buccaneer landing on aircraft carrier
00:15:05 00:15:26 BEA Trident aircraft in flight, various aircraft taxiing on airfield at airport (Heathrow ?)
FULL SYNOPSIS
00:01:26 00:01:37 yellow iris in bloom, reeds in marches
00:01:37 00:01:44 caveman sitting on rock, woman dressed as cavewoman washing clothes on rock
00:01:44 00:01:54 woman dressed as Victorian scrubwoman washing clothes on washboard
00:01:54 00:02:33 woman doing laundry, loading automatic washing machine circa
00:02:33 00:02:36 exterior building engine research facility at Pystock
00:02:36 00:03:32 interior, jet engine test facilities, control systems, computer controls
00:03:32 00:03:44 early 1900s AVRO bi-plane in flight
00:03:44 00:03:48 RAF WWII bi-plane in flight
00:03:48 00:03:51 exterior building, sign `Power Jets Ltd.` founded by Frank Whittle, inventor of the jet engine
00:03:51 00:03:54 interior of above, men working on engines
00:03:54 00:04:13 Experimental aircraft E28/39 1st plane in Britain powered by jet engine, pilot getting in, cockpit display
00:04:13 00:04:17 E28/39 in-flight low-level, flies overhead
00:04:17 00:04:19 BOAC passenger jet in flight
00:04:19 00:04:33 Harrier jump jet, VTOL
00:04:33 00:04:43 cockpit instrument panel
00:04:43 00:04:59 Concord
00:04:59 00:05:14 diagram of aircraft engine
00:05:19 00:05:21 pilot in cockpit
00:05:21 00:05:35 stewardesses, interior of airport (Heathrow?), departure board
00:05:36 00:06:07 Frank Whittle in lab working on development of jet engine, engine blows
00:06:07 00:06:25 engine control components
00:06:25 00:07:04 engineer working on jet engine, component parts
00:07:05 00:09:22 diagrams of engine & controls
00:09:22 00:09:57 RN Buccaneer in-flight, pilot POV landing on aircraft carrier, take-off, in-flight
00:09:57 00:10:27 3D model illustrating engine acceleration
00:10:27 00:10:44 measuring engine thrust, demonstrating stall
00:10:44 00:10:49 3D model (as above)
00:10:49 00:11:20 measuring engine thrust, 3D model, measuring thrust
00:11:20 00:11:35 pilot in cockpit of militar aircraft
00:11:35 00:13:00 3D model (as above), computer effects
00:13:00 00:13:47 computer, measuring engine thrust, fuel flow gauge, computer read-out
00:13:47 00:14:08 movement of engine components, jet engine
00:14:08 00:14:18 ground technicians checking re-fuelling of aircraft
00:14:18 00:14:37 airport signage, passengers boarding aircraft, passengers in their seats onboard aircraft
00:14:37 00:14:58 computer, engine components
00:14:58 00:15:04 Buccaneer landing on aircraft carrier
00:15:05 00:15:26 BEA Trident aircraft in flight, various aircraft taxiing on airfield at airport (Heathrow ?)