The tragic end of R 101.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

British Film Institute, owner.

Topical Film Co., production company.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Accidents.

Aeronautics.

Airships.

France--Beauvais.

France. Armée.

Great Britain. Royal Air Force.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (2 minutes, 58 seconds)) : silent, black and white.

Place of Publication:

[Great Britain] : Topical Film Company, 1930.

Summary:

Part of the wreckage of the R101 at Beauvais, France, pointing up into the sky. The camera tilts down to the ground. Various shots of the wreckage, with wisps of smoke and some people. Panning shot of the full extent of the wreckage. Men stand among tangled metalwork. Camera tilts up from one propellor at ground level to a second dangling in the air. An aeroplane circles in the distance, two newsreel cameramen filming the foreground. More wreckage with a crowd of onlookers. A man in a bowler hat with two senior military officers inspect the scene. Close shot of them. Two French soldiers hold up the airship’s torn Royal Air Force flag (137ft).

Notes:

Issue number: 998-1 ; Story number within issue: 1 of 2

Series: Topical Budget.

With intertitles.