RMS Olympic’s Last Voyage 1934 - 1937 (HD/audio)

A montage of the last news items about RMS Olympic from 1934 to 1937. In the first news item, from October 1934, we see Olympic arriving in Southampton being guided by tugs. In her last role captured on film she is seen carrying a US aircraft for the England - Australia Air Race of 1934 (The MacRobertson Trophy Air Race, also known as the London to Melbourne Air Race). A prize fund of $75,000 was put up by Sir Macpherson Robertson, a wealthy Australian confectionery manufacturer. The aircraft shown here
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