. Bid For Record (1938)

Item title reads - . (Royal Air Force) bid for record. SQUADRON LEADER KELLETT Leads Non Stop Flight. Ismailia in Egypt to Australia. M/S of the nine young airmen lined up looking at a map. M/S of the map showing their route across Arabia, India and Australia, non-stop. M/S of Squadron Leader Kellett who is in charge. M/S as they get into their Vickers Wellesley long range bombers. M/S of propellors spinning. Various shots of the three aeroplanes above the clouds. Cataloguer’s note: this item appears to be a duplicate copy of the first half of a story entitled ’Sydney Welcomes .’ in 38/96 on *PM0991*. 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 Gau