Summary: Newsreel item on the departure of RAF flying boats from Felixstowe for Basra, 1931.
Description: The crews, of 203 Squadron, say goodbye to their families at the water's edge and take launches out to their flying boats. A number of newsreel cameramen, including one on a Pathé sound van, record the event. One crew arrives at its flying boat, a Short S818 Rangoon. Two of the Rangoons taxi and take off.
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Air Force, Sqdn 203 (regiment/service)
Pathe (regiment/service)
Keywords: aircraft, British - seaplane: Short Rangoon (object name)
journalism and record, British - cameraman (object name)
Felixstowe, Suffolk, England, UK (geography)
Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W
Sound format: Silent
Soundtrack language: None
Title language: English
Subtitle language: None
Technical Details: Format: 35mm
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Footage: 124 ft; Running time: 2 mins
