France’s New Battleship Of The Air (1927)

Item title reads: “ France’s New Battleship Of The Air. First pictures of hitherto secret mighty armoured air fighter.“ Villacublay, France M/S front view of a huge aircraft, which has a huge metal shape. It is twin engined with windows at front and no aerodynamic nose. It has a conning tower above, plus a cockpit. It is impressively engineered, with sweeping shapes. M/S cockpit above, and brief ground to air shots of the aircraft in flight. Note: the item title is damaged. The aircraft looks scary and impressive, but this plane, made on the lines of a tank, was no aeronautical design success. 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 (1910-19