British Wonder War ’plane (1928)

Full titles read: “British Wonder War ’Plane - Air Experts... from all over the World... see tests of Blackburn-Napier Ripon II, Torpedo carrying ’plane.“ Brough, near Hull, Humberside. Intertitle reads: “...it can hover... remain in air 12 hours... alight on sea or land... take off in 50 yards... ascend almost vertically... and carries guns, bombs and 1 ton torpedo.“ M/S of the huge biplane being wheeled out of an aircraft hangar; a man works on a wire coming from the front of the plane. L/S of the plane taking off from an airfield. L/Ss of the plane flying; it flies over the water near a beach and drops a (non-exploding) torpedo. 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 n