21 Years Of Flying Aka 21 Years Of Flight (1924)

Title: “21 YEARS of FLYING. Look back and pay tribute to Aviation’s Pioneers“. Intertitle: “Graham White“. M/S of a group of people looking at a very ancient flying machine - judging by the women’s costumes the bit of footage is from the early 1900s. Intertitle: “Gustave Hamel“. M/S of a primitive looking aeroplane being pushed out of a marquee past a crowd of onlookers. C/U of a man - Hamel - standing in front of the plane, he wraps a white silk scarf around his neck. Once again footage looks like it is pre-1920s. Intertitle: “Pegoud ... the first to loop the loop“. M/S of a primitive looking plane preparing for take off, the pilot signals with his arm. M/S of a group of men standing around the plane. M/S of the pilot - Pegoud - sitting in the cockpit, another man helps him fasten his safety harness. Intertitle: “The genesis of the . Officers of the Royal Flying Corps and their machines taken at Farnborough in 1912“. M/S of two men in front of an aeroplane, one man helps th