Item title reads - Air visitors. 4 Italian service bombing aeroplanes arrive on "Showing the Flag" mission. Croydon Aerodrome.
M/S of one of the aeroplanes taxiing across the airfield towards the camera. L/S of people waving as the aeroplane taxis past, the camera follows it to show the others...
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The event reported upon here took place on 16 June 1925.
"one of the aeroplanes taxiing" - it's a Fiat B.R.1, (as are the other 3 planes).
"M/S of them posing together in front of the aeroplane" - amongst the Italians seen are Captain Francesco Brack-Papa, Captain Arturo Ferrarin, and the Italian Air Attache Major Silvio Scaroni.