Airport (1934)
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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.
Fokker F.XII
SABENA/KLM's hangar at London Croydon Airport.
8x aircraft were operated by KLM.
Fokker F.VIIb/3m
Trimotor in the background at London Croydon Airport. Seems to be a Fokker F.VIIb/3m.
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