Film Record: Airport (Extract)

Identifier:

• 3057 (Source: East Anglian Film Archive)

Date produced: 1936

Filmmaker(s):

Ellis E. Somake

Leopold Barnato

Country of Production:

United Kingdom

Languages:

English

Duration:

00:14:00

Length:

400 ft

Format:

16mm

Colour:

B&W

Sound Notes:

Silent

Awards/Recognition:

Amateur Cine World Ten Best Winner, 1936.

Description:

"Activity at Croydon Airport in 1936, with focus on Imperial Airways' international flights. Original film was 33 minutes in length. This is possibly the only surviving representative of the very first Ten Best competition organised by 'Amateur Cine World' magazine." (EAFA Database)

Resources:

IAC Film Library Catalogue (Silent and Sound). Institute of Amateur Cinematographers, 1991.
This film is part of the Institute of Amateur Cinematographers Collection held by the East Anglian Film Archive, Norwich, UK.

Locations:

• Croydon, UK (Filming)

Subjects:

• Locomotion
•      Transportation

Genre:

• Documentary

Form:

• Short

Tags:

Repository:

Institute of Amateur Cinematographers Collection, East Anglian Film Archive

Viewing Notes:

"We see a Post Office teleprinter operating, then pre-flight checks on the four-engined 'Daedalus' - G AAXA, fuelling-up with hand-pump, and a letter posted in Air Mail box. Food is taken aboard and weather reports are posted. A van collects Air Mail post, followed by an airport 'bus. 'Horatius' is towed to the runway. Passengers and luggage are weighed. The passengers board via covered ramp before take-off." (EAFA Database)

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