Alan Cobham arrives in Manchester (1926)

GAUMONT GRAPHIC NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit A crown gathers to greet aviator Alan Cobham when he lands in Manchester in 1926 Full Description: SLATE INFORMATION: Manchester Greets Cobham - A large crowd assembled to welcome Sir Alan, who made a “flying visit“ during Civic Week ENGLAND: Greater Manchester: Manchester: EXT TITLE (1ft) MV Lord Mayor and dignitaries awaiting Cobham (11ft) GV PAN People around airfield (17ft) GV sky and biplane appearing and towards camera (33ft) LV to MLV plane landing and coming towards camera (51ft) MV Cobham jumping from his seat and being greeted by Lord Mayor and dignitaries (62ft) MV group - Cobham, Lord Mayor and dignitaries (79ft) MLV people gathered on airfield, mounted policemen (93ft) MLV plane, pilot attending to it, crowd in BG (102ft) MV Cobham and dignitaries in car, crowd around looking on (112ft) MLV motorcade