Solo Flight To New Zealand (1929)

Item title reads - Solo flight to New Zealand. BAILEY, LADY A. christens Mr Frank Wase’s Spartan light ’plane before setting off on 13,500 mile flight. Croydon, Greater London. M/S as Lady Bailey smashes the bottle of champagne, which is attached to the propellor of the aeroplane, with a hammer, everyone applauds. M/S of the propellor going round, M/S of Mr Wase sat in the pilot’s seat. FILM ID:786.2 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 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.