Better Luck Next Time (1927)

Item title reads: “Better Luck Next Time. 700 h.p. Hawker Horsley all ready for second attempt at England-India non-stop flight.“ Brooklands, Surrey M/S of the Hawker biplane face on to camera. Four men go to turn the prop by hand. They then use a rope and the propeller starts up. There are some shots from the side. 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 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.