| LONDON TO THE CAPE - A FILM RECORD OF F. ROY TUCKETT'S LONE AERIAL TRIP Reel 1 solo flight from London to Africa | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 7392 |
| Catalog #: | 488144 | |
| Clip Number: | 488144-5 | |
| Orginal Film: | DOCUMENTARIES | |
| Timecode: | 01:21:52 - 01:25:00 | |
| Location: | Africa | |
| Year Shot: | 1931 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | LOCATIONS/AFRICA: Misc TRANSPORTATION/AVIATION: Record Flights | |
| Description: | M/S of aircraft on a runway - it has an Arab guard. Sunrise - man riding a camel and a man walking are silhouetted against the sky. Kartoum. Tuckett takes a river trip. Various shots of docks. Royal Air Force flies overhead carrying out their daily exercises. Aerial shots of Malakau (?) Mongala - shots of primitive houses on the riverbank. M/Ss of "natives". C/U of a woman who has a baby strapped to her back. She has made a sunshade for the baby from a kalabash (?) Various shots of the woman. "Some of the village belles posed for me in front of my plane" - a group of bare breasted women stand in front of Tucketts aircraft. Turoro (?) in Uganda. The locals help to pull the plane through some long grass. The Ugandan natives are described as being superior to most other African tribes. Tucketts points out the fine features of a Ugandan policeman. Tuckett says: "They certainly work like niggers as they clear the way...for me to take off." Locals dig the ground of the airfield. M/S of the plane which is lying on its back. The back axle had broken on take off and the plane had done a somersault. Tuckett films from the plane as he passes vast plains of wildebeest, zebras and other game. Approaching Nairobi, Tuckett films a forest fire. He finds an appropriate place to land and film a forest fire. | |
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