Near Birmingham (1938)

Full title reads: “Near Birmingham“. Longbridge, Birmingham, West Midlands. Exterior shots of large crowd of workers gathered outside Austin Shadow factory building. Two men are addressing them from a podium. Interior shot of factory. Men are standing by aircraft engines. The factory is being inspected by Air Minister Sir Kingsley Wood. Various shots of him touring the aircraft factory. Outdoors. Kingsley Wood climbs up on the wing of a Fairey Battle Bomber - a new plane and shakes hands with the pilot. Shots of the plane starting up and flying round. Shots of Wood watching plane in flight. N.B. Story has been misfiled in 40/32. 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 fro