A Mammoth Of The Air (1921)

A Caproni flying boat is featured. The aeroplane is compared to another, much smaller seaplane. The Caproni is huge! It has three sets of giant triple wings and a cabin to hold 100 passengers and luggage. We see views of the plane from the side. Men clamber over the wings. C/U of some of the plane’s eight engines. C/U of propellers. Intertitle informs that the machine was specially designed to fly from Italy to America. Several men walk along a gangplank and through a small door into the cockpit. Was originally a Pathe Pictorial item. 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 News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramo