Home Defence Air Manoeuvres (1937)

Full title reads: “LONDON“. London. Airfield with planes getting ready for takeoff. Several shots of the pilots entering planes and squadrons taking off for the air manoeuvres over London aiming to demonstrate the home defence force readiness to defend the city from air attacks. The item abruptly ends here. The staged war over London, which was in the item, is missing. 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.