England - Australia Air Race (1934)

Full title reads: “ENGLAND - AUSTRALIA AIR RACE - Scenes at Mildenhall.“ Mildenhall Aerodrome, Wiltshire. Crowds surrounded the planes at Mildenhall before start of the England to Australia air race. Miss Cockhran (?), an American competitor, talking into microphone - she talks about the future race prospects. Plane with name on nose “The Irish Swoop“. Pan down plane with people checking it. More shots of the mechanics checking the planes before the start of the race. 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 f