Flying Boat Lands On Thames (1949)

Unissued / unused footage - dates and locations may be unknown / unclear. Cuts from newsreel 49/37 - Flying Giant (boat) lands on River Thames, London. Shots of the Short Solent Flying boat in flight. M/S flying low over mud flats. L/S aerial view of industrial river scene. L/S aerial view of Southampton Docks with the Queen Elizabeth tied up. Air to air shot of the plane with float of another seaplane seen in foreground. L/S aerial view of the plane landing. L/S taxiing up the river. L/S aerial view of Tower Bridge with the plane passing beneath it on the water. L/S aerial view of Windsor Castle in Berkshire. 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.