Lady Ryrie (1929)

RYRIE, SIR G. AND LADY Item title reads - Lady Ryrie names first of 28 Westland Wapiti light aeroplanes for Australian Air Force. Yeovil, Somerset. C/U of Lord and Lady Ryrie stood together talking. M/S as she breaks a bottle of champagne, which is hanging from the wing, with a hammer, people cheer. M/S of her stood by one of the aeroplanes. M/S as one taxis across the airfield. Various shots as it takes off. Intertitle - ’The first three engined light ’plane.’ M/S as the camera pans across the aeroplane. M/S as it taxis along then takes off. It flies then comes into land. 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