Heroes Honoured (1930)

Full title reads: “Washington. Heroes Honoured. The Atlantic Airmen Costes & Bellonte received by President Hoover...“ White House Garden, Washington DC, United States of America (USA). American President Herbert C Hoover stands at a podium with record breaking airmen Costes and Bellonte. He is speaking into microphones on the podium. Various other dignitaries are gathered around the podium. Intertitle reads: “... At the Unknown Soldier’s Tomb.“ Costes and Bellonte walk forward and place a wreath on the American Grave of the Unknown Soldier. A military bugler steps forward to play the last post. N.B. The famous French airmen Dieudone Costes and Maurice Bellonte made record breaking flights in the late 1920s and early 1930s. FILM ID:743.2 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 al