Title:PATHE SUPER GAZETTE (1931) - SCHNEIDER TROPHY [Allocated Title]
Film Number:IWM 880-01f
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Summary: Newsreel item on the British team in the Schneider Trophy race, Calshot, 13th September 1931.
Description: The Supermarine S6B racing seaplane S1595 comes in to land beside the monitor HMS Medea. The pilot, Flight Lieutenant Boothman, comes on board to the applause of the crew, and talks with the team captain, Squadron Leader Orlebar. Then the second flight, in which Flight Lieutenant Stainforth sets a new world air speed record at 378mph. He brings the seaplane in to land, gets out at the water's edge and comes up onto the land to talk with his wife and the press. Stainforth, Boothman and Orlebar pose together for the cameras.
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Orlebar, Augustus Henry (person)
Boothman, J N (person)
Stainforth, G N (person)
Royal Air Force, High Speed Flight (regiment/service)
Royal Navy, Medea (regiment/service)
Keywords: aircraft, British - seaplane: Supermarine S6B (object name)
ships, British naval - gunship: Medea (M22) (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: None
Subtitle language: English
Technical Details: Format: 35mm
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Footage: 97 ft; Running time: 2 mins
