Full title reads: "Airship as Aerial Base. New aerial history made as R.33 carries 2 one-ton aeroplanes aloft and successfully launches them into space".
Pulham, Norfolk.
L/S of the R.33 airship hovering just off the ground. M/S of underbelly of airship as it lifts into air. An aeroplane...
Full title reads: "Airship as Aerial Base. New aerial history made as R.33 carries 2 one-ton aeroplanes aloft and successfully launches them into space".
Pulham, Norfolk.
L/S of the R.33 airship hovering just off the ground. M/S of underbelly of airship as it lifts into air. An aeroplane has been attached to underbelly, we see a field of cows in background. L/S of launch of aeroplane from airship; aeroplane swoops down from underbelly. Various shots of airship being towed out of aircraft hangar. L/S airborne airship.
Intertitle: "A closer view".
L/S of aeroplane flying close to ground. L/S airship being towed along ground.
Cuts / out takes start at 01:40:47. Some good shots of airship, mostly same or very similar to those used in edited bit of item.
Note: see also record for AIRSHIP AS AERIAL BASE (short tinted version) - print transferred as yellow tint.
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