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Early aircraft model in hangar, the Wright Brothers, 1900s
Clip from Wind in the Wires, a 35mm cinema short on the history of aviation, narrated by James Mason.
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First Flight from London to Australia in 1919
B&W archive footage of Ross & Keith Smith who piloted, in 1919, the first flight from London to Australia in under 30 days
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First trans-Atlantic flight, 1919
John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown depart from St. John's, Newfoundland on the first nonstop transatlantic flight, 14th June 1919. Clip from a film about the achievements of Vickers Aviation, made in 1957.
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First Flight from London to Australia, 1919
Ross and Keith Smith man the first flight from London to Australia, 1919
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Pilots and designers experiment with very early aircraft prototypes, 1900s. One crashes.
Clip from Wind in the Wires, a 35mm cinema short on the history of aviation, narrated by James Mason.
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Early aircraft in 1972
Clip from Wind in the Wires, a 35mm cinema short on the history of aviation, narrated by James Mason.
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1909, Louis Bleriot sets off for first flight over the English Channel
Clip from Wind in the Wires, a 35mm cinema short on the history of aviation, narrated by James Mason.
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Vintage Stampe biplane in flight, 1972
Clip from Wind in the Wires, a 35mm cinema short on the history of aviation, narrated by James Mason.
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Vintage WW1 biplane in flight, 1972
Clip from Wind in the Wires, a 35mm cinema short on the history of aviation, narrated by James Mason.
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1972, vintage Bristol Biplane takes off
Clip from Wind in the Wires, a 35mm cinema short on the history of aviation, narrated by James Mason.
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Vickers shipbuilding
Clip from Centenary, an award-winning documentary (BISFA Gold Award 1967 best UK documentary) made by Peter Baylis & John Edwards, a duo who won BISFA Gold for a record-breaking three years running. 'Centenary' was sponsored by Vickers &...
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WW1 aircraft and pilots, military funeral of legendary German fighter pilot, Baron von Richtofen
Clip from Wind in the Wires, a 35mm cinema short on the history of aviation, narrated by James Mason.
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Wind in the Wires
35mm cinema short on the history of aviation/flight narrated by James Mason. This highly successful film was widely distributed across UK cinemas in 1972, and was voted Top Documentary of the Year. Contains very rare footage of Wright...
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WWI aerial combat, German fighter pilots including Hermann Goring and Manfred von Richthofen.
WWI aerial combat, German fighter pilots including Hermann Goring and Manfred von Richthofen.
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Farnborough Airshow - the Lightening fighter jet
Farnborough Airshow - the Lightening fighter jet, 1950s
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Farnborough Airshow - the Lightening fighter jet 1
Farnborough Airshow - the Lightening fighter jet, 1950s
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Man in the Sky
35mm Panavision colour cinema short, produced by Buff Films 1981/1982. Writer/Director/Producer John Edwards. Man in the Sky is a biopic about David Perrin, young world-class aerobatic stunt pilot, following him in training and aerobatic...
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John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown, first aviators to cross Atlantic. Smith brothers, first aviators to fly to Australia from USA.
Clip from Wind in the Wires, a 35mm cinema short on the history of aviation, narrated by James Mason.
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Vickers Aviation
A film about 50 years of achievement on road and in the air by Vickers Aviation, beginning at Brooklands in 1907. The film shows vintage racing cars, and the Rolls Royce Silver Ghost of 1907, then follows the invention of early flying...
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Rothmans Air Display, Greece, and England, 1981
Rothmans Air Display, Greece, and England, 1981
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Biplane aerobatics, 1972
Clip from Wind in the Wires, a 35mm cinema short on the history of aviation, narrated by James Mason.