Our New Giant Of The Skies (1929)

Felixstowe, Suffolk. Full titles read: “OUR NEW “GIANT OF THE SKIES“ - Blackburn Rolls-Royce Iris III - Britain’s largest all metal flying boat - makes majestic spectacle at her test flights.“ L/S’s of the enormous bi-plane type flying boat being slowly winched down ramp into the sea. L/S’s of the plane speeding through the water being powered by three large engines before finally taking off. L/S’s of the plane flying through the air. Nice shot of the plane flying just above the sea at dusk (or it could be dawn), another flying boat can be seen floating in the sea in the foreground. Various more shots of the plane in flight. L/S of plane landing 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 136,00