Air Force: Wellesley bombers’ break long-distance flight record to Australia (1938)

GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit Three Vickers Wellesley bombers undertake world’s longest non-stop flight record from Egypt to Australia. Full Description: SLATE INFORMATION: RAF Long Distance Flight B/W footage EGYPT / AUSTRALIA Crew along to Wellesley bomber aeroplane: plane takes off: Air Views / Aerials of planes in flight, Port Darwin airport: Shot of monument for first flight from England in 1919 - used when Wellesley Bombers break world’s long distance record. Background: Three Vickers Wellesley bombers undertake world’s longest non-stop flight record from Egypt to Australia. FILM ID: VLVA6R2Z2IKCNH4WF58T9L8TW2FBB To license this film, visit Archive: Reuters Archive managed by: British Pathé