Number One in Europe

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Number One in Europe screen title.

Documentary (1972)

Production:
Harold Weaver (Production)
Patrick Allen (Narrator)
Terry Page (Sound Editor)
Dave Skilton (Dubbing Mixer)
Pearce Studios(Maps)

Also from this series:
BEA films series

Number One In Europe is a color, promotional film created for British European Airways (BEA) in about 1971, its 25th birthday [See discussion tab (1)]. BEA was a British airline which existed from 1946-1974. Produced by Harold Weaver. Narrated by Patrick Allen, John Keith Patrick Allen, a British film, television and voice actor. The film tells the story of the British European Airways.

Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident

Batch of BEA's Tridents at London Heathrow Airport. [See discussion tab (2)].

Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident of BEA-British European Airways.

Trident 2E in the foreground among several Trident 1C/Trident 1E.

Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident of BEA-British European Airways.

Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident 3B

Registration G-AWYZ, c/n 2301. Delivered new to BEA in November 1969. Transferred to British Airways after merge in April 1974. Wfu at London Heathrow (LHR) in October 1983. Broken-up in June 1984.
Same aircraft in other works at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).

Reg.G-AWYZ Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident 3B of BEA-British European Airways.

Airspeed AS.57 Ambassador 2

Registration G-ALZP, c/n 5213. Delivered new to BEA in February 1952. Sold to Royal Jordanian Air Force in September 1960, registered 109. Sold to Moroccan Government, VIP aircraft for the King of Morocco, registered CN-MAK. Bought by Decca Navigator in November 1963, re-registered G-ALZP. Sold to South Seas Airways in November 1971, registered ZK-DFC. Wfu in 1973. Broken up in 1974 at West Malling UK.
Same aircraft in other works at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).

Reg.G-ALZP Airspeed AS.57 Ambassador 2 of BEA-British European Airways.

Vickers Super VC10 Srs.1151

Registration G-ASGC, c/n 853. Delivered new to B.O.A.C in 1965. Operated by BOAC-Cunard. Transferred to British Airways after merge in April 1974. Wfu in April 1980. Preserved at the Imperial War Museum Duxford.
Same aircraft in other works at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).