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1929 BUSINESS: England to India air mail service
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0:19Now PlayingDate: 4th April 1929
Location: England, United Kingdom, India
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: EMPIRE NEWS NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
SLATE INFORMATION: Start of real civil flying. Sir Samuel Hoare was amongst the passengers in the first machine to leave Croydon to inaugurate the England to India air mail service.
ENGLAND: London: Croydon:
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Mail bags being loaded
People standing in front of plane
People boarding plane
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