Intertitle: "THE AIR DERBY. Many machines of all types compete in 200 mile race round London".
Various L/Ss of an air field. M/S of a biplane taking off, moving away from the camera. C/U of a pilot sitting in the cockpit of a biplane. M/S of three men with white...
Intertitle: "THE AIR DERBY. Many machines of all types compete in 200 mile race round London".
Various L/Ss of an air field. M/S of a biplane taking off, moving away from the camera. C/U of a pilot sitting in the cockpit of a biplane. M/S of three men with white arm bands ( race officials? ) shaking hands with the pilot still in his cockpit. More men come into shot to shake hands with the pilot - presumably he has just won the race.
L/S of the air field - spectators, some sitting on the roofs of their cars, can be seen in the foreground. Various M/S of the spectators, some have cameras. Nice shots of the spectators looking towards the sky. Various L/Ss of biplanes flying over the air field.
M/S of two men posing in the back of a convertible, chauffeur driven car. M/S of a bizarre, sparse looking car with a frame attaches ( some sort of winch?), it is possibly a rescue vehicle. Policemen and spectators follow the car. M/S of an upside down aeroplane - a man is lying underneath it trying to fix it, various race officials mill about near it.
A smartly dressed woman presents a trophy to the winner of the race, the officials lead a small crowd of onlookers giving 'three cheers', they wave their hats in the air.
More shots of the upside down aeroplane, a group of men try to lift it onto its right side - they fail. More C/Us of race officials shaking hands with the winning pilot. C/U of the winner posing for photographs with a race official.
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