Over The Alps And Far Away (1931)

France. Introductory intertitle reads: “Leaving Chamonix 'drome with a little loaded cine-camera, and a lot of nerve - “ M/S of plane about to take off from a snowy airfield. Passengers climb in - half a dozen men and women. The pilot is given a leg up and they take off. We see the plane in flight then we see aerial views of the snowy landscape below and of the mountains. The plane goes for “A real aerial promenade above Mt. Blanc - the land of eternal snow.“ Various aerial shots of Mont Blanc. We see the plane land. Was an item in Pathe Pictorial issue number 673. FILM ID:908.2 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 Bullet