Will the whole of the British Isles soon be covered with sonic bangs as loud as thunder claps?
Will the Anglo-French plan to build the world's first supersonic airliner prove to be a disastrous mistake?
For the first time on television the people directly responsible for the Concorde talk about their hopes and their headaches for the ambitious project. Their opponents say why the Supersonic Age should be prevented at all cost.
This clip is from Supersonic, originally broadcast 31 March, 1964.
You can listen to news of Concorde making its maiden flight, taking off from Toulouse, on 2 March 1969 in the BBC Sounds archive series, On This Day - [ Ссылка ]
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