Flying Down To Rio (1932)

Titles read: “And now for the first of a series of pictures - FLYING DOWN TO RIO - on board the giant liner of the skies ’Graf Zeppelin.’“ L/S of the large airship being towed out of the hanger. M/S of man carrying tripod smiling as he walks up steps to the ship. Diagram of map of the world showing the route that the ship will take. L/Ss of the ship in the sky. Various shots of the landscape below taken from airship. High angle shots of the Spanish coastline. C/U of gramophone record playing. M/S of man sitting next to it. More high angle shots of rocky coastline. M/S of passenger playing cards. “A further instalment of out unique air-voyage Next Week.“ 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.