| GREAT SEAPORT NOW GREAT AIRPORT! Lord Londonderry opens Liverpool’s new airport | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5502 |
| Catalog #: | 251729 | |
| Clip Number: | 251729-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 33/53 | |
| Timecode: | 01:25:50 - 01:27:52 | |
| Location: | Speke (Liverpool), England | |
| Year Shot: | 1933 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CEREMONIES: Grand Opening CONSTRUCTION: Airfields & Helipads LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, Merseyside, Liverpool TRANSPORTATION/AVIATION: Airports TRANSPORTATION/AVIATION: Biplane | |
| Description: | GAZETTE “Speke, Lancashire. Great Seaport now great Airport! Lord Londonderry - Secretary for Air - inaugurates Liverpool Airport.” Speke, Lancashire. An unidentified dignitary introduces Lord Londonderry, Secretary of State for Air. He steps forward to speak about Speke. Lord Londonderry is introduced to various pilots. Shots of RAF (Royal Air Force) planes, Hawker Harts, on the runway. Shot of a group of schoolboys waving before they get onto a plane, what appears to be a De Havilland DH 89 Dragon Rapide. The boys are lifted onto the plane. CU of teacher from Highton Hill School - he has brought the boys to the opening in their School plane. | |
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