London’s New Airport Opened (1928)

Full titles read: “London’s new Air Port [sic] opened - Permanent building... replete with every modern convenience, hotels, post-office, even a bookstall... now replaces the old-time wooden huts in an open field!“ Croydon, London. L/S of the new building and control tower at Croydon airport; we pan to follow the flight of a biplane coming taxiing to land. As the plane lands we see people rushing towards it; one man pushes a passenger stairway. Panning shot across the airport; another aeroplane is seen outside an aircraft hangar. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), a