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1919 Start of commercial air service between London and Paris
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1:33Now PlayingDate: 28th August 1919
Location: HOUNSLOW, MIDDX.
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: GAUMONT GRAPHIC NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
SLATE INFORMATION: London-Paris Commercial Air Service
ENGLAND: London: Hounslow: Hounslow Aerodrome:
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HOUNSLOW, MIDDX.
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SV. Gen. Sykes & Gen. Festing present dispatches to pilot.
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LV. Bi-plane warming up.
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GV. Bi-plane on runway.
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GV. Bi-plane in flight
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SV. Group of dignitaries talking.
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GV. Biplane on runway. (2 shots)
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CU. Pilot & co-pilot in cockpit.
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Personalities - Armed Forces, Ceremonies - Inauguration, Great Britain
Air Vice Marshal Sir Frederick Hugh Sykes, Chief of the Air Staff, Field Marshal Sir Francis Wogan Festing, Avro 504 Baby, Aircraft Transportation & Travel, biplane
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