RAF Air Show (1920-1929)

RAF Air Show. 1920s? Location of events unknown. Aviation. Some interesting & sometimes exciting footage of RAF pilots flying; in an air show / military game. A biplane landing in a field; skimming across grass toward camera. Pilot & other man climb out. Plane in distance in the sky going into a tailspin; spiralling downward leaving trail of white smoke. Then it breaks out of the spin. More of planes flying around in distance. Aerial shot looking down from very high at fields; another plane flying below. Tracking shot flying underneath RAF plane. Tracking shots of bizarre fish-shaped observation balloon. More shots of aeroplanes in flight. Shot taken fairly close to flying plane. Strange shot circling round a bunch of smoke rising from several places close together on the ground. Man walking away from smoking plane on ground. Parachute dropping from the balloon; balloon smoking; catching fire! Circling round the smoke bombs on the ground; a few men seen nearby. Various other angles of same s
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