Hull, Hell And Halifax (1941)

Item title reads - Hull, Hell and Halifax. Handley Page factory at Radlett. M/S of Lord and Lady Halifax standing outside aircraft hangar. M/S of the Handley Page Halifax heavy bomber Lord Halifax makes short speech at launching. Lady Halifax then says a few words and smashes the champagne on nose of the aircraft. It taxis out of the hangar onto the airfield then takes off. FILM ID:1129.2 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 end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.