London - Melbourne Air Race (1934)

Full title reads: “For LONDON-MELBOURNE AIR RACE - D. H. Comet is Christened by Mrs Richard Linton, wife of Agent General for Victoria, at Hatfield.“ Hatfield, Hertfordshire. Crowds at Hatfield airport. A woman walks toward a new aircraft and breaks bottle of Champagne on it. She is Mrs Richard Linton, wife of Agent General for Victoria who named the new de Havilland plane ’Comet’. The new plane is to compete in London - Melbourne Air Race. A man is addressing the crowds around a plane - he talks into microphone. Nose of a plane reveals the name “Grosvenor House“. Cut back to the man speaking. Younger man speaking, back to the pervious speaker. 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