Chamberlain Arrives At Croydon (1927)

Chamberlain arrives at Croydon on visit to Mother. London. Statesman Austen Chamberlain filmed on arrival at Croydon airport. Shots of biplanes in sky; then aeroplane landing; & crowd gathers around as Chamberlain & pilot descend from plane. Chamberlain talking w/ mother; who also has a small boy with her. The Chamberlains & rest of crowd walk away from aeroplane; past another which is a pretty good-sized passenger plane for its time; & has strip of windows along its side. Chamberlain was at the time British Foreign Secretary. Politicians; government; personalities. (To be quite honest; I believe that this is indeed Austen and not his brother Neville Chamberlain; who later became P.M.; but I am not 100% certain.) 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 repre