Marconi's First Transatlantic Radio Transmission / Concorde's First Transatlantic Flight Days That Shook the World : Season 1 Episode 11
BBC Four
Aired: January 22nd, 2004 @ 9:30 PM EST on BBC Four
It is 19th October 1977 and Concorde taxis onto the runway at Toulouse Airport. Onboard, the crew are preparing for an historic day - the first supersonic test flight to New York. At JFK airport, protestors are waiting with a hostile welcome, but for the Concorde team and the French and British governments it is a moment that represents the end of an exhausting struggle.
