Le Bourget - France’s Flying Girl Home (1938)

Le Bourget, France. Various shots of aviator Meryse Hilsz arriving back in France after her attempt at a non-stop flight from Saigon to Paris. Commentator says she crashed in the Persian Gulf but wasn’t hurt. Meryse gets out of her plane and chats to people (journalists?) in the crowd waiting on the tarmac. Commentator comments on her “natty flying suit and charming permanent wave“. 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 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.