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Tragedy And Triumph 1936
Description
Full title reads - Tragedy and Triumph. Portsmouth - Johannesburg flight.
Shots of plane called 'Gabrielle' being looked over in a hanger.
Various shots of two pilots being interviewed by the press, one is wearing a pith helmet.
Shots of monoplane being moved across airfield....
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Mark
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- sound
- Media URN:
- 61285
- Sort Number:
- 36/083 / UNI GAZ 009
- Time in/Out:
- 01:39:22:00 / 01:40:26:00
- Canister:
- 36/83 / UNI GAZ ROLL 9
- Film ID:
- 1905.33
- Issue Date:
- 15/10/1936
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The aircraft seen in the opening shots is an Airspeed AS.6 Envoy, Reg. No. G-AENA, named "Gabrielle"
It had been taking part in the Schlesinger African Air Race, from Portsmouth to Johannesburg, when it crashed at Abercorn in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), on either 30 September or 1 October 1936.
Two members of crew, Max Findlay and A H Morgan, were killed.
The location for that part of the film, then, is presumably Abercorn.
Starting from 00:39 is footage of the plane that won the race. It is a Percival Vega Gull, Reg. No. G-AEKE, flown by C.W.A. Scott and Giles Guthrie.