Blazing The Air Trail (1926)

South Africa. Title: “BLAZING THE AIR TRAIL from Cairo to the Cape. Royal Air Force Detachment greeted on completion of great flight“. L/S of an aeroplane landing on a dusty plain. Various M/Ss of the aeroplane coming to a halt, in the foreground a crowd watch. M/S of the pilots climbing out the aeroplane. M/S of two stationary aeroplanes, parked on the plain in front of the crowd. M/S of a man shaking hands with a line of . officers standing in front of the wings to one of the planes. C/U of one of the officers talking. FILM ID:490.1 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)