• Short Summary

    The A.D.1., Britain's first private airship, is successfully tried out in Cramlington, Northumberland.

  • Description

    Item title reads - Britain's first private airship. The A.D.1. successfully undergoes first trials. Cramlington, Northumberland.

    M/S as the airship hovers and people stand around it. M/S as they pull on a rope. M/S of the two men sat in the passenger car underneath, others hold onto it. M/S as it swings around and lifts slowly into the air, various shots as it flies along.

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  • Data

    Film ID:
    802.17
    Media URN:
    18599
    Group:
    Pathe newsreels
    Archive:
    British Pathé
    Issue Date:
    16/09/1929
    Sound:
    sound
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:01:20:00
    Time in/Out:
    01:31:47:00 / 01:33:07:00
    Canister:
    G 1642

Comments (2)

  1. jamied says

    The craft (Reg. No. G-AFFX), is called the A.D 1, not A.D.I.


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  2. Unknown user says

    Thanks for the clarification.

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