TRANSPORT: Aviation: Anniversary of Louis Bleriot’s Channel Flight (1929)

GAUMONT GRAPHIC NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit 20th anniversary of Louis Bleriot crossing the English Channel in his Bleriot XI monoplane in 1909. Full Description: SLATE Bleriot succeeded in crossing the Channel in 1909 LOCATION UNKNOWN: EXT Various of Louis Bleriot (Inventor) sitting in plane; plane flying away SLATE Bleriot’s return to Calais on a French torpedo boat FRANCE: Calais: Torpedo boat arriving at docks; Bleriot along with others then sitting in motor car Background: 20th anniversary of Louis Bleriot crossing the English Channel in his Bleriot XI monoplane in 1909. FILM ID: VLVAD1PL5SS9NCSQ8TDHLRAKMDWFR To license this film, visit Archive: Reuters Archive managed by: British Pathé