Our Most Coveted Air Trophy - Version A (1931)

Full title reads: “Heston Aerodrome. Our Most Coveted Air Trophy. Forty pilots - including four women - all amateurs - brave bad weather in 1,000 mile race for ’The King’s Cup’ - Flg-Off E C T Edwards, in a ’Blackburn-Bluebird’ was the winner. 21 finished.“ Heston, Middlesex. LS of various biplanes taking off from the airfield. MS of race official talking to woman pilot in the cockpit of her plane. (I think it may be Winifred Brown - MD). More planes take off. Winning plane lands and people crowd around it. MS of man speaking surrounded by crowd - he presents the King’s Cup trophy to Flight Officer Edwards. N.B. Two different versions of this story - different angles and different shots. 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 hist
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