Title:BRITISH SCREEN NEWS (1931) - THE SCHNEIDER TROPHY [Main Title]
Film Number:IWM 880-01a
Other titles:
Summary: Newsreel item on the British team in the Schneider Trophy race, Calshot, 13th September 1931.
Description: The team lines up for a group photograph. In turn, they are Squadron Leader A H Orlebar (captain), Flight Lieutenant F W Long, Flight Lieutenant J N Boothman, Flight Lieutenant G N Stainforth, Lieutenant G L Brinton RN, and Flying Officer L S Snaith. The aircraft, which Boothman is to fly, is a Supermarine S6B, number S1595. The engine is started and the plane wheeled down into the water. It takes off and is seen in flight. Then the second attempt, with Snaith at the controls (neither pilot is clearly visible). The plane is wheeled down to the water and again takes off.
Production Details: British Screen News (Production company)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Orlebar, Augustus Henry (person)
Long, F W (person)
Boothman, J N (person)
Stainforth, G N (person)
Brinton, G L (person)
Snaith, L S (person)
Royal Air Force, High Speed Flight (regiment/service)
Keywords: aircraft, British - seaplane: Supermarine S6B (object name)
recreation, British civilian - sport: air race (object name)
Schneider Trophy seaplane race & 13/9/1931 (event)
Calshot, Hampshire, England, UK (geography)
Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W
Sound format: Silent
Soundtrack language: None
Title language: English
Subtitle language: English
Technical Details: Format: 35mm
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Footage: 268 ft; Running time: 5 mins
