France’s Air Armada (1933)

Full title reads: “Istres. France’s Air Armada. Thirty aeroplanes leave on first ’leg’ of great 15,625 mile mass flight over Africa.“ Istres, France. Pilots meet various dignitaries who have come to see them off. Aerial views of the airfield where the 30 planes are lined up before their flight. Travelling shot along tails of 30 planes as they are prepared for flight. People mill around planes. 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 (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British