Aeroplane (1934)

Title missing. Unidentified aeroplane land and taxies to the camera. MS as the pilot leaps from the cockpit. MS of the nameplate “Morobe Goldfields New Guinea“. MS of the pilot explaining that he and another pilot are representing New Guinea in a race. VS as a KLM airliner plane comes to a halt on an airfield. MS interview with pilots representing Holland in the race. N.B. Item found in Unidentified Gazettes reel. Amendment February 2012: A visitor to the website has provided some more information. The first pilot interviewed is Ray Parer with his Fairey Fox. The film is from 1934 prior to the MacRobertson Air Race. The KLM is a Pander S-4 which crashed during the race. The pilots of “MS interview with pilots“ are, from left to right, Johannes Geijsendorffer, Dirk Asjes, and Pieter Pronk. 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 ENQUI