Air Hotel Takes Off (1936)

Item title reads - Air hotel takes off. Britain’s new wonder plane in flight. Rochester, Kent. M/S of the large seaplane “Canopus“ floating on the river. M/S’s as it taxis across the water. The narrator says it is one of 29 aeroplanes, or flying boats, designed to fly to various countries in the Empire, it has sleeping bunks and smoking rooms. M/S as it takes off and gains height. M/S as it comes into land again. FILM ID:887.1 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), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed