Airport (1934)

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Airport (1934) screen title.

Documentary (1935)

Production:
Edgar Anstey (Producer)
Roy Lockwood (Director)
Stanley Rodwell(Photographer)
Carlton Hobbs (Narrator)
Willian Hodgson (Music)
Jack Bevir (Music)

17 mins black-and-white sound film describing a day in the life of Croydon Airport which was London's leading airport during the 1920s and 1930s, this film released in 1934 was the first-ever film made by the Shell Film Unit.

Handley Page H.P.45

Imperial Airways's hangar at London Croydon Airport.
Registration G-AAXD, c/n 42/6. Delivered new to Imperial Airways in June 1930, named Horatius. Written off in July 1939. Forced landing on Tiverton golf course. It was returning to Exeter from France when the pilot could not find Exeter due to bad weather, leading him to make a forced landing. No fatalities.
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

Reg.G-AAXD Handley Page H.P.45 Horatius of Imperial Airways.

Fokker F.IX

SABENA/KLM's hangar at London Croydon Airport.
2x aircraft were operated by KLM.see discussion tab.

Fokker F.IX of KLM-Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij.

Fokker F.IX of KLM-Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij.

Fokker F.VIIb/3m

Trimotor in the background at London Croydon Airport. Seems to be a Fokker F.VIIb/3m.

Fokker F.VIIb/3m.

Handley Page H.P.42

Handley Page H.P.42 of Imperial Airways.

Handley Page H.P.42 of Imperial Airways.

Handley Page H.P.42 of Imperial Airways.

Handley Page H.P.45

G-AAXD seen again. Short L.17 Scylla in the background, very likely G-ACCJ seen below.

Reg.G-AAXD Handley Page H.P.45 Horatius of Imperial Airways.

Reg.G-AAXD Handley Page H.P.45 Horatius of Imperial Airways.

Reg.G-AAXD Handley Page H.P.45 Horatius of Imperial Airways.

Handley Page H.P.45

Registration G-AAXC, c/n 42/5. Delivered new to Imperial Airways in August 1931. Transferred to Squadron 271 of the RAF in March 1940. Written off few weeks later at Bristol-Whitchurch Airport. Blown over in a gale and collided with G-AAUD.
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

Reg.G-AAXC Handley Page H.P.45 Heracles of Imperial Airways.

Reg.G-AAXC Handley Page H.P.45 Heracles of Imperial Airways.

Reg.G-AAXC Handley Page H.P.45 Heracles of Imperial Airways.

Reg.G-AAXC Handley Page H.P.45 Heracles of Imperial Airways.

SABCA-Fokker F.VIIb/3m

In the background behind G-AAXC already mentioned above.
Registration OO-AII, c/n 185. Belgian SABCA production delivered new to SABENA in December 1929. Destroyed by fire after Fairey Fox '0-47' crashed into a hangar in Evere in July 1934.

Reg.OO-AII SABCA-Fokker F.VIIb/3m of SABENA-Société Anonyme Belge d'Exploitation de la Navigation Aérienne.

Reg.OO-AII SABCA-Fokker F.VIIb/3m of SABENA-Société Anonyme Belge d'Exploitation de la Navigation Aérienne.

Short L.17 Scylla

First of the two built, registration G-ACJJ, c/n S.768. Delivered new to Imperial Airways in March 1934, named Scylla. Transferred toB.O.A.C in 1939. Destroyed in gale Drem, UK in September 1940.
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Handley Page H.P.45 to the left background. Maybe G-AAXD seen earlier above.

Reg.G-ACJJ Short L.17 Scylla Scylla of Imperial Airways.

Handley Page H.P.45

G-AAXD seen again.

Reg.G-AAXD Handley Page H.P.45 Horatius of Imperial Airways.

Reg.G-AAXD Handley Page H.P.45 Horatius of Imperial Airways.

Wibault 280T

Handley Page H.P.42 in the background.

Wibault 280T of Air France.

SABCA-Fokker F.VIIb/3m

Registration OO-AIK, c/n 187. Belgian SABCA production delivered new to SABENA in January 1930. Written off in September 1936.
G-AAXD already mentioned above is taking off in the background.

Reg.OO-AIK SABCA-Fokker F.VIIb/3m of SABENA-Société Anonyme Belge d'Exploitation de la Navigation Aérienne.

Handley Page H.P.45

G-AAXD taking off.

Reg.G-AAXD Handley Page H.P.45 Horatius of Imperial Airways.

Reg.G-AAXD Handley Page H.P.45 Horatius of Imperial Airways.

Reg.G-AAXD Handley Page H.P.45 Horatius of Imperial Airways.

Reg.G-AAXD Handley Page H.P.45 Horatius of Imperial Airways.

Handley Page H.P.45

Continuity error with change to G-AAXC.

Reg.G-AAXC Handley Page H.P.45 Heracles of Imperial Airways.

Reg.G-AAXC Handley Page H.P.45 Heracles of Imperial Airways.

Junkers Ju 52/3me & Avro 652

Foreground left, Short L.17 Scylla registered G-ACJJ already mentioned above.
Background on the left Junkers Ju 52/3me of DLH, registration D-AMYR, c/n 5071. Delivered new in October 1934, named Telefunken.
To the right an Avro 652 of Imperial Airways.

Reg.D-AMYR Junkers Ju 52/3m of DLH-Deutsche Luft Hansa and Avro 652 of Imperial Airways.

Fokker F.IX

Registration PH-AGA, c/n 5106. Delivered new to KLM in October 1929, named Adelaar. Sold to Alfred Pilain/Paris in September 1936, registered F-APFA, then to Société Française de Transports Aériens. Sent to Spanish Republicans. Damaged in bomb attack at Le Bourget in August 1937.

Reg.PH-AGA Fokker F.IX Adelaar of KLM-Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij.

Reg.PH-AGA Fokker F.IX Adelaar of KLM-Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij.

Reg.PH-AGA Fokker F.IX Adelaar of KLM-Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij.

Reg.PH-AGA Fokker F.IX Adelaar of KLM-Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij.

Reg.PH-AGA Fokker F.IX Adelaar of KLM-Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij.

See also

• Airport (1934) at IMDb
• Airport (1934) at YouTube
• Airport (1934) at IMCDb

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