Columbus Of The Air (1926)

Brazil, South America. Title: “Columbus of the Air. Commander Franco completes wonderful 6,232 mile flight from Europe to South America in British engined Spanish Plane.“ L/S, taken from at sea, of an aeroplane flying over the coastline. M/S of a group of official looking men, some in military uniforms, all look very stern and serious. A crowd of younger men stand behind and around them, some stand in the arches of an old building in the background. 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