“Ford To Build Aeroplanes Here?“ (1930)

Full title reads: “Heston Aerodrome. ’Ford to build aeroplanes here?’ First of new all-metal 16 passenger three-engined plane, arrives.“ Heston Aerodrome, Middlesex / Greater London. Pan along two Ford built airliners. Shots of mechanics starting up one of the engines. Shots of Ford plane with engines running. Shot of plane taking off. Various shots of plane in flight overhead. The plane comes in to land. 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