26,000 Miles Flight & Cuts (1926)

Rochester, Kent. Title: “26,000 Miles Flight. Mr. Alan J. Cobham - famous long distance Airman - makes successful test of De Havilland Seaplane in which he is to make flight from England to Australia and back“. L/S of an sea plane sliding slowly down a slipway into the sea. C/U of Cobham (later Sir Alan Cobham) in the cockpit. Various shots of the plane taking off from and then landing on a lake / bay. M/S of the plane drifting along the water, a man stands on the landing floats, dipping a fishing net in the water. Cuts / out takes start 01:14:50. C/U of Cobham talking, might be giving a speech. L/S of crowd gathered around the plane. Otherwise cuts same as shots in edited bit of story. 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 histori