Air Speed King AKA Air’s Speed King (1924)

France. Title: “AIR’S Speed King. Flying Officer Bonnet breaks all records - flying at 277 miles per hour and said, ’I will go quicker next time’!“ C/U of Bonnet perching on the cockpit of his plane, waving at the camera, the image is cropped to look circular. C/U of Bonnet with his flying helmet and goggles on. M/S of Bonnet shaking hands with several French policemen, he gives one of them a kiss on each cheek. C/U of Bonnet. M/S of Bonnet sitting in the cockpit. C/U of Bonnet standing by the propeller of his plane, his chest is decorated with many medals. M/S of Bonnet in the cockpit (as before). M/S of a French street with children playing in it, Bonnet walks towards the camera holding the hands of two little girls (his daughters?). M/S of Bonnet and his daughters standing in the doorway of a house, the little girls wear enormous bows in their hair and ridiculously puffy dresses, they wave at the camera. C/U of Bonnet and the two little girls, he gives them each several kisses.
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