The Aero Bathers (1927)

c 1927 Filmed near Hamble, Hampshire. Two women climb aboard an Avian biplane. C/U of woman in cockpit. Plane takes off. Air to air shot of the plane flying above a coastline. The plane lands in a field. The girls climb out and take off their long coats. They have swimsuits underneath! A third friend joins them and they run down to the sea, waving to the cameraman. We see them having a swim then towelling themselves dry. Intertitle reads: “Home Jane!“. The girls push the plane up the beach then we see it again in the air. Nice to illustrate rich girls at play? Safety print exists. 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