Major De Seversky Tries Out New Us Fighter At Southampton (1939)

Full titles read: “SOUTHAMPTON“ L/S of two fighter planes (one is an RAF Spitfire) outside a hangar in Southampton, Hampshire. M/S of the Russian aeroplane designer (for America) Major De Seversky in the cockpit of the Spitfire. Good L/S’s of the aircraft taking off and landing. Several shots of the new American plane in flight. M/S of Seversky with the British Pilot. Cataloguer’s note: Soundtrack to this item is missing. 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 (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be view