5,000 Mile Flight (1929)

Item title reads - 5,000 mile flight. Fleet of 3 giant Southampton flying boats leave for Basra, where they will be stationed for two years. Cattewater, Plymouth. Devon. M/S as one of the flying boats is wheeled out of hangar, various shots as it is taken to the water and wheeled in. M/S as the propellors are started up. M/S as it taxis across the water, a man waves from the front. M/S of two of them in the air, one flies overhead. M/S as they fly over a fortress. 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), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1