Building And Using An American Air Base (1943)

Unused / unissued material. - Location and dates unknown / unclear. Voiceovered Newsreel story. Labrador. Shots of American air base being built and used to ferry planes to Britain. The air base is being built with lots of heavy machinery. Shots of men of the RCAF (Royal Canadian Air Force) in the control tower. Ground to air shots of plane’s flying overhead. Shots of various kinds of planes landing - transport planes, fighters, bombers. Various shots of planes being checked over before they are ready to be flown to Britain. 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