New RAF Record (1940-1949)

Cape Town, South Africa. Title reads ’New Record for RAF’. Royal Air Force Lancaster aircraft “Aries“ lands at Cape Town after a record flight from England. Crowd at airport looking on. Crew leaving the plane and are greeted by Colonel Sanderberg (sp?). People chatting in front of aircraft, voiceover introduces the crew, one South African among them, Captain Martin Short. More shots of the plane at the airport with people around. 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 c