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Old 31st Jan 2012, 04:17
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As One Green says, it was a Canadian built (Canadair DC4M North Star) BOAC Argonaut, in this case "Atalanta". I don't know what film clip you saw, but this one in the BBC archive mentions the type more than once and the "wheels-up" seems pretty snappy to me, certainly not noticebly delayed!

BBC - Archive - Princess Elizabeth - News | King and Queen See Royal Departure

The return is detailed in the "Flight Archive" here:

1952 | 0425 | Flight Archive

Details on the Argonaut:

Canadair North Star - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Hope this helps.

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