Post-WWII - 1946, British Pilot Ejection From Meteor Jet

Post-WWII - 1946, England: Pilot Ejection From Meteor Jet Titles. 08:00:32 Biplane & co-pilot jumps from rear cockpit; parachute opening & drifting down. Twin-engine plane flies over. Pilot on ground climbing into plane behind wind tunnel. Fan starting up & speedometer showing wind speed. Pilot tries to climb out. Various attempts to get out w/ wind blowing past; jumps into net. 08:02:13 Tractor pulling Gloster Meteor fighter jet across tarmac. Several taxiing past others. 08:02:33 Man besides chart w/ labels explaining ejector seat & firing methods. CUs. 08:03:27 British military & civilians around base of tower to test ejection seat; man strapped into seat & fired up; lowered down again. Other repeat attempts. 08:04:55 Meteor jet in flight w/ camouflage paint, dummy fired out, parachute opening. 08:05:14 Airman into one of two test seats, straps himself in & puts on helmet & breathing apparatus; demonstrates proper method of preparing arms for ejection. 08:06:03 Pilot & assistant walk out to Martin Patented Training Rig, sits down & strapped in, attaches hoses, etc. Pilot pulls ejection. 08:08:02 In July 1946, the first live ejection in Britain was carried out by Lynch of Martin Baker Aircraft from a Meteor traveling at a speed... In August 947, he did it again. 08:08:22 Military car to Meteor jet on tarmac. CU man w/ handlebar mustache speaking SOF about ejection at 500 miles an hour. Walk to plane & climb aboard, each sit in ejection seats. Plane taxiis & takes off, rear cockpit ejects, seen from above. Falls then parachute attached to seat opens; pilot opens second parachute. 08:10:28 Englishman speaking to camera re getting pilot safely out of aircraft. CU of pilot preparing & ejecting from aircraft. Descending thru clouds. The End. Rolling credits. Martin Baker Ejection Seat Testing; Aviation Research; Training; 1940s; NOTE: entire sold at per reel rate. Sound not usable.