Broadbent Arrives At Lympne (1938)

Lympne, Kent. Several shots of pilot Jim Broadbent standing beside his aeroplane after flying 10,000 miles from Australia in just over five days. Commentator says he has beaten Jean Battens time by nearly 14 hours, “so unlucky Jim is lucky at last!“. 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.