Raf Cardington - Freedom Of Bedford (1959)

Unissued / unused material. RAF Cardington - Freedom of Bedford, Bedfordshire. Mayor arrives and inspects guard of honour. Mayor presents deed, deed is then trooped. March past, pan to show Queen’s colour. LS of aircraft hangar - originally used for R33 airship. Various shots 3 former members of airship crew: A. V. Bell, J. H. Binks (who served on R33 and R100 airships), G. E. Long (former coxswain of R33). Date on dope sheet is 16/07/1959. 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