London To The Cape - A Film Record Of F. Roy Tuckett’s Lone Aerial Trip Reel 1 (1931)

Title reads: “London to the Cape - A Film Record of F. Roy Tuckett’s Lone Aerial Trip“. Intertitle: “Not content with the job of piloting his plane, Roy Tuckett took films enroute unaided on the long 8,500 mile trip to South Africa.“ Reel 1. C/U of Roy speaking directly to camera about his decision to take on this adventure. C/U of a graphic map of Africa. Tuckett talks us through his flight - he has no film the European leg of the journey due to International Air Regulations. He talks of mechanical problems over the Mediterranean. He talks of the Sahara Desert.. He points to Alexandria on the map and then we see an aerial shot of the city. C/U of engineers working on the plane, one of the men holds a dog up to the camera. Shot of a Vickers Victorial fruit carrier. A 6ft tall mechanic stands in front of the plane to give an idea of the enormous size of the aircraft. Shot of the interior of the plane. Various shots of aircraft taking off and on the ground. Shots of a sea-plane taking off o