Our Flying Air Minister (1927)

Item title reads: “Our flying Air Minister. Sir Samuel Hoare leaves for 30 days air cruise of the battle in “Iris II“ - the largest flying boat in the World.“ Felixstowe, Suffolk Air Minister, Sir Stanley Hoare, being kitted up in leather overcoat, flying hat and galoshes by aircrew, is watched by a group of men and women. He poses for the camera flanked by a group of smiling ladies in hats and fur-trimmed coats. The Minister climbs aboard a motor boat along with aircrew and is ferried out to a large seaplane anchored offshore. M/S of the plane taxiing along on the water and taking off, with another seaplane is in the foreground. 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 a