Toy Plane Aka Backyard Flying (1944)

Backyard flying. Somewhere in the north of England. M/S as two little girls and a boy climb into a model bomber with canvas exterior. M/S as their father turns a handle and the aeroplane flies along on a cable from one end of the garden to the other. They swing about in the middle and the flaps open to drop the “bombs“. The children wave happily from the 'plane. 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.