Irish Aero Club (1929)

Item title reads - Irish Aero Club. Captain Crossley pilots Mr Gratton Esmonde T.D. on the inaugural flight at Baldonnel. Ireland. Eire. M/S as the aeroplane is wheeled backwards out of the hangar. M/S as men stand around it. M/S as one man turns the propellor but cannot get it started. M/S of a group of men lined up in front of the aeroplane. M/S of sign on side of aeroplane saying ’Irish Aero Club Dublin.’ More shots of them standing in front of it. M/S as Captain Crossley and Gratton Esmonde get in the aeroplane, a man talks to them. M/S as it taxis. L/S of it in the air, various shots of it flying then coming into land. 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 a