GAUMONT GRAPHIC NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit 20th anniversary of Louis Bleriot crossing the English Channel in his Bleriot XI monoplane in 1909. Full Description: SLATE Bleriot succeeded in crossing the Channel in 1909 LOCATION UNKNOWN: EXT Various of Louis Bleriot (Inventor) sitting in plane; plane flying away SLATE Bleriot's return to Calais on a French torpedo boat FRANCE: Calais: Torpedo boat arriving at docks; Bleriot along with others then sitting in motor car Background: 20th anniversary of Louis Bleriot crossing the English Channel in his Bleriot XI monoplane in 1909. FILM ID: VLVAD1PL5SS9NCSQ8TDHLRAKMDWFR To license this film, visit Archive: Reuters Archive managed by: British Pathé
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