Bomber No 1000 Leaves USA (1941)

Title reads: “Bomber no 1000 leaves USA for Britain“. Airfield somewhere in California, United States of America. M/S of Hudson bomber aeroplane with “Lockheed’s 1000th Hudson bound for Britain“ painted on the side. C/U of Lord and Lady Halifax standing by bomber’s door. L/S of large crowd gathered around plane. Various shots of Lord Halifax giving speech thanking American factory workers for building the bombers and helping Britain. Lady Halifax gives short speech wishing luck to pilot Jimmy Matten and signalling take off. Various shots of Jimmy getting into plane and waving at crowd from cockpit. Panning shot of aeroplane flying over airfield. 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