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Biggleswade, Bedfordshire. Shuttleworth Collection of veteran aircraft is featured. Various old aircraft are taken for a spin at an air display. The aircraft have been collected by the mother of a young . (RAF, Royal Air Force) pilot killed in the Second World War. She has put the aircraft in flying order in his memory. Aircraft featured include Spitfires, an Avro Tutor, a Hawker Tomtit and a Bristol Fighter. We see them all in flight and see spectators watching the display. C/U of chocks being pulled away. C/U of man holding a large cine camera. Various shots of the plane both on the ground and in the air. Two women sunbathe and look up at the planes. Narration includes comments like: “Once upon a time these Spitfires saved your life - or your parents’.“ 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
