Other titles:SCHNEIDER CUP TROPHY RACES, 1929 [Alternative Title]
Summary: Spectators at Southsea, including Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald, watch participants race for the Schneider Cup Trophy of 1929. Views of the British team and the challenging Italian team precede coverage of the pilots taking off and in the air: the winner Flying Officer H R D Waghorn in a Supermarine Rolls Royce S6 (N247), Warrant Officer Dal Molin in a Macchi 52, Flight Lieutenant D'Arcy Greig in a Supermarine Rolls Royce S5, Lieutenant Cadringher in Macchi Number 7, Flying Officer R L R Atcherley in Machine Number 8 flying at record speed but disqualified. Prince Edward Prince of Wales congratulates Waghorn; final title gives late report that Squadron Leader Orlebar has since achieved world speed record of 355.8 mph in Waghorn's S6.
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Alternative Title:SCHNEIDER CUP TROPHY RACES, 1929 [Alternative Title]