“Per Ardua Ad Astra“ (1931)

Full title reads: “Haxley. ’Per Ardua Ad Astra’. 3 dead in 1931’s first Royal Air Force crash.“ Haxey, North Lincolnshire. Shot of the tangled wreckage of an RAF aeroplane which had crashed in a field. Various shots of the crash site and of the Vimy Jupiter plane. Note: The crash occurred on 12 January 1931. 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 Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.