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Date: 1953
Director: Anthony Asquith
Production Company: Two Cities Films

Stars: James Donald, Phyllis Calvert, Robert Beatty, Herbert Lom
Location(s): Presently unknown

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Storyline:

With spy in their midst, an international group of scientists work on the prototype of a revolutionary new high speed aircraft.

Additional Information:

Screen captures by Phil Wilkinson

Also known as ‘Project M7’ (US Title)

Jimmy Snow worked on special effects at both Pinewood and Denham Studios but a name that often remained uncredited, as with this film. An interesting Biography and her Memories of him has been written for us by his granddaughter Brigitte, all of which can be read here.

 

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Looking through the perimeter fence of the research station, Professor Michael Heathley (James Donald) and Professor Carrington (Maurice Denham) discus the M7 experimental plane.

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At the gatehouse, Major Sam Seagram (Robert Beatty) watches as Professor Heathley and his wife Lydia drive from the station.

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Major Seagram and Inspector Carter investigate the death of Professor Carrington. I'd like to think this is a shot with one of fifteen British hammerhead or giant cantilever cranes out of sixty built worldwide in the background . . . . but it's not, it's a matte.

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Dr. Dennis Bord visits George, father of test pilot Brian Jackson.

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The M7 lies on the sands near the research station. Real pier but a matte for the rest.

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During a test flight, technicians at the research station watch the M7 perform.

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Another member of the team looks on as Professor Heathley and Brian Jackson put the supersonic craft through it's paces.

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Two more of the station's crew see the prototype disappear from view.

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A worker at the harbour looks up as a sonic boom echoes across the land when the M7 reaches mach 1. Yet another matted shot.