The Tail First Plane (1931)

full title reads: “Hanworth. The Tail First ’Plane. Amazing new German plane which is steered, controlled and behaves like a motorcar in the air, makes first appearance here.“ Hanworth Park, Nr London. Shots of strange looking plane on airfield. It has an extra wing place above the nose. It is a Focke-Wulf ’Enle’ or ’Ente’. The plane moves off. The plane takes off. The voiceover calls it ’A Duck Plane’. Shots of the plane as she comes in to land. With brakes on the back wheels the pane can stop quickly after landing. The Hon Mrs Victor Bruce tells us about the plane (made in Bremen). Pan along plane to show Mrs Victor Bruce standing by the door of the plane. She explains about the new design. It is a very safe design. N.B. Story ends abruptly. The Hon Mrs Victor Bruce was, before her marriage, Mary Petre. MD. 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.