Hendon Air Pageant (1924)

Hendon, London. Title: “AIR THRILLS at the . PAGEANT which included the destruction of a ’Cruiser’ by Torpedo-carrying Aeroplanes“. L/S of fleet of biplanes flying overhead in formation. M/S of biplanes swooping close to the ground. M/S of the aeroplanes flying over a model of an ocean liner, there are several explosions around the ’bow’ of the vessel, eventually the entire model explodes. M/S of a row of biplanes with their propellers spinning. Various panning L/Ss following the biplanes taking off. Point of view shot, looking over the wings from inside the cockpit on an airborne biplane, the other planes fly beside it. Low angle shots of aeroplanes flying overhead in formation. Point of view shot from inside airborne plane of other aeroplanes in flight. Low angled shot of a line of planes in flight. Various point of view shots from inside plane, good shots of other planes flying in formation and of fields passing beneath. L/S of a row aeroplanes in a line in front of aircraft ha