london_airport_TNA movies british_gov_public_films Heathrow; ariport; London The story of a great engineering feat - the building, at Heathrow, of one of the largest airports in the world.April 1944 Great Western Aerodrome started its transformation from a privately owned small grass airfield to Heathrow. One of the world’s busiest airports. London’s main civil airport replacing Croydon Airport. The airport opened fully for civilian use on 31 May 1946. London Heathrow International Airport's one terminal was in fact an army surplus tent situated a short walk from the aircraft. 1949 1 1 2005-10-10 00:25:10 2005-10-10 07:25:04 florian@archive.org Central Office of Information for Ministry of Civil Aviation Crown Film Unit sound color 9 Minutes 29 Seconds Public Information Films UK Crown Copyright english Great Britain 2005-10-10 00:27:22 nVIR