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- BFI identifier45910
- Date1952 (Copyright)
1952-10-13 (Release) - Production countryUnited Kingdom
- Production company
- SynopsisArresting story of aircraft designer whose visions of jet development result in the tragic death of test pilot who was daughter's husband. (Synopsis)
- Work historyThe following aircraft are cited in the cast list during the opening credits: The de Havilland Comet, The Vickers-Supermarine Attacker, The de Havilland Vampire 113, and The Vickers-Supermarine Swift Rolls-Royce 'Avon' Engine The opening credits also include the following acknowledgement: The Producers wish to acknowledge the co-operation of the Ministry of Supply and the Director and Members of the Society of British Aircraft Constructors, together with the generous help and advice of the following test pilots... Leslie Colquhoun, DFC, GM, DFM John Cunningham, DSO, OBE, DFC, DL John Derry, DFC Gordon Horne Michael Lithgow David Morgan Jeffrey Quill, OBE, AFC The late Trevor S. Wade, DFC, AFC
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- CreditsDirected by: David Lean
Production Company: London Film Productions
©/Produced in association with: British Lion Film Corporation
view all - CastRalph Richardson (John 'J.R.' Ridgefield)
Ann Todd (Susan Garthwaite)
Nigel Patrick (Tony Garthwaite)
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Title
The Sound Barrier (Original)
Breaking the Sound Barrier (Alternative)
Breaking through the Sound Barrier (Alternative)
EIDR identifier
10.5240/DFF2-224B-6369-AB61-ECA8-7Category
FictionThis work is included in the BFI Filmography.
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16mm BW Positive - CTA - Combined - Viewing
35mm BW Positive - Safety - Mute - Viewing
35mm Positive - Safety - Combined - Viewing
35mm BW Positive - Safety - Combined - Viewing
view all - Scripts / DocumentsEphemera: publicity - PBM-45910
Medium pressbook held. See LONDON FILM PRODUCTIONS Collection List (A/029) and FILM AND TELEVISION EPHEMERA List.
view all - Posters / DesignsPoster: film - Single sheet landscape - PD-8408
Poster: film - Single Sheet, portrait format - PD-8409
view all - StillsPhotograph: print - Landscape - bfi-00n-ztp
Photograph: print - Portrait - Black and White - bfi-00n-zto
Photograph: print - Portrait - Black and White - bfi-00m-mun
Photograph: print - Portrait - Black and White - bfi-00m-mum
Photograph: print - Portrait - Black and White - bfi-00m-mul
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Work - 45910 - 1952 (Copyright)
United Kingdom - Film - Fiction
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