Aerial Survey (1949)

Aerial survey of London leaving from RAF Station Benson near Oxford, Oxfordshire. Various shots RAF airmen loading Anson aircraft with camera apparatus. Various shots aeroplane taking off. Aerial shot Anson in flight. Back view pilot. Various aerial shots London. We see River Thames, St. Paul’s cathedral and surrounding buildings. Air Photo Division of Ordnance at Esher, Surrey. Various shots of cutting and assembling of individual photographs. Detailed photographs are cut and pasted together to form large ordnance survey map. 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 (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931