Reid And Ayling (1934)

Unissued / unused material - dates and location unclear or unknown. Hatfield Airport, Hertfordshire. Nose of the de Havilland Dragon plane with name “Trail of the Caribou“ on it. Two men standing in front of plane - Captain L G Reid from Canada and his aid, J R Ayling, an Englishman. In trying to achieve their goal - to fly from Canada to Iraq, they had to stop in London. Captain Reid starts speaking - natural sound. He talks about his disappointment for not achieving the goal - flying to Baghdad without breaks but he is happy to have flown to England, that is a great achievement too. He talks about flight conditions etc. Jimmy Ayling also talks about the flight. This appears to be rushes of the material used in 34/65 - dated 13/08/1934. 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 Pat