The Sky Their Stage (1927)

Item title reads: “The sky their stage. King and Queen and enormous crowd see and cheer . Pageant, “Greatest ever“ in history of aviation.“ Hendon, Middlesex The King and Queen are seen arriving at the event. L/S of the car park with lots of cars and aircraft parked on the open grass beyond. Huge biplane - a Handley Page bomber, taxis towards camera. There is a ground to air shot of a barrage balloon. It catches on fire and crumples up in mid air. A burning parachute seems to descend from it. This is followed by a mock bombing raid, with explosions on the ground from aircraft passing low overhead. 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 (191