Rare (mostly unseen) footage of Power Jets, the Miles M.52, and other projects

[Dronescapes]

Rare footage filmed by Frank Whittle's friend in color. It is a short story about Power Jets, but it also contains a lot of interesting footage, some never published before, including some footage of early testing of the Miles M.52. The video includes never published before bits of Frank Whittle's interviews.
Lots of interesting material, I think.

 

[Dronescapes]

As posted on another forum (but also relevant to this one):
I'm glad we could do this, and even more glad you appreciate the effort; it took a year of friendship with a great British producer to gain his trust.
This footage could not sit in a drawer; it should be publicly available.
We also have a couple of hours of interviews with Hans Von Ohain that should be a treat for historians (coming soon).

 

[southwestforests]

I'm glad we could do this, and even more glad you appreciate the effort; it took a year of friendship with a great British producer to gain his trust.

Do much appreciate the effort and the time taken to develop that critical trust.

 

[southwestforests]

The man has a point ...
And I'd never thought of it that way, which is probably why I'm not and never have been a turbine engineer,

"I say you should design the channels between the blades. Which meant what? The difference being that, well, since you steering fluid through channels, the channels are important."

Around the 20:06 point and after.