Msp - Bahrain Aviation

Empire Air Day Displays At Hendon (1938)

Empire Air Day displays at Hendon and Hanworth are attended by Air Minister Sir Kingsley Wood.

B.O.A.C. "Britannia" (1953)

BOAC Britannia

Air Service De Luxe (1927)

First Imperial Airways 'Silver Wing' London to Paris passenger service flight.

Passengers Boarding BOAC Aircraft (1953)

Passengers boarding BOAC (British Overseas Airways Company) "Constellation" plane.

Ruler Of Bahrain Arrives (1969)

Ruler of Bahrain, Sheikh Sulman Al Khalifa, arrives in London and visits Foreign Office.

Bahrain - New Town (1968)

A colour item showing the new town of Isa in Bahrain.

After The Bismarck (1941)

Last pictures of Bismark just before sinking, great shots of sailors celebrating.

Naval Material Reel 6 (1939)

8 reels of naval footage - some newsreel items, some unedited material. 1939?

Giant British Air Liner (1930)

First flight of the Handley Page 'Hannibal' aeroplane - it's big!

Empire Flying Boat Leaves For Flight To New Zealand AKA Southampton

Imperial Airways passenger seaplane on test flight from Southampton to New Zealand.

Flying Boat (1944)

Flying boat / seaplane taking off from water.

Britannia Off To N. Africa (1954)

Bill Pegg pilots Britannia airliner to Castel Idris, Libya, her first overseas destination.

Beatles Conquer Aussies (1964)

Beatle-mania stretches to Australia. Ringo joins the band late after illness.

R.A.F. Display At Hendon (1937)

RAF air display at Hendon.

A Hendon Pageant In Egypt (1934)

Royal Air Force air display in Egypt.

War In The Air (1928)

Good footage of biplanes being prepared for a bombing attack and taking to the air.

Aeroplane Taking Off (1930)

Shots of Biplane taking off and of the pilot chatting to dignitaries.

"Per Ardua Ad Astra" (1931)

A Royal Air Force biplane has crashed in Lincolnshire.

"A Near Thing" (1933)

An RAF biplane makes a forced landing in Hyde Park after flying low over Buckingham Palace.

Iraq's New Oilfield (1952)

Iraq Petroleum Company opens new oilfield in Desert near Basra. - Longer version.

Oil Film Selected Material Reel 2 (1950)

Cuts from documentary 'Wealth of the World - Oil' - workings of oil company in Iran.

Will Persia Take Over Oil? (1951)

Britain's oil interest threatened by demand for nationalisation.

Majesty In The Air (1955)

Travelogue of Britain urging us to 'travel royally in this new Elizabethan age' with BOAC.

King Feisal Enthroned (1953)

The Duke of Gloucester attends the enthronement of Iraq's young King Feisal II.