Atlantic 'Plane Drama. In Production
f J'HE Gaumont - British production. “Non-Stop New York.” which looked like a prophecy when it was planned. seems likely to be singularly topical by the time it is completed. The dramatic climax takes place in a Lon-dou-New York passenger plane, and some such service may be operating at no distant date. For G.B.D. it is claimed that the film will lie ahead of current achievement, representing trans-Atlantic air travel as it will be in 1939. The G.B.D. plane, for instance, wilt be capable of making the jump in 10 hours. The designs have been drawn by Walter Murton, who planned aircraft for the Royal Air Force for many years, and he ■ has been in consultation witli Short’s and other famous companies for hi.s “prophetic” plane, which will have eight engines, a wing span of 228 feet, and a speed of 300 miles an hour and luxurious accommodation for 80 passengers. Robert Stevenson will direct and Anna Lee and Johu Loder will be the stars.
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Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 260, 30 July 1937, Page 16
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