New Airliner - Croydon (1938)

Item title reads - Croydon. Britain’s new airliner “Ensign“ tested at Croydon C/U of the aeroplane’s nose and name “Ensign“. M/S of the aeroplane from the front, it is the biggest land plane in the world and can carry 40 passengers. Its engines spring into life and it takes off, interior M/S’s of people in their seats. M/S as the aeroplane flies along. 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 from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.