RAF Flying Boat Crash (1935)

RAF flying boat crash. Originally part of News in a Nutshell. Pembroke Dock, Wales. Nine officers and men of Royal Air Force are killed when flying boat (seaplane), bound for Singapore, crashes into mountain side in Sicily. These pictures were taken before they left on their doomed mission. Various shots of flying boat in action. We see them taking of from sea. Good shots of pilots operating seaplanes and of landing skis of aeroplane lifting off water. Various L/Ss of 4 aeroplanes in flight. Note: sound track is missing. 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), a
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