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Alex Henshaw flies back to England after record-breaking flight to Capetown, South Africa
Opening scene shows the Percival Mew Gull aircraft E2H, G-AEXF, accompanied by several persons walking beside while taxiing across the field at Gravesend Airport, Kent, England. It has just landed, on a return flight from Wingfield Aerodrome, at Cape Town, South Africa. The exhausted pilot, Alex Henshaw, is seen starting to climb from the cockpit of his airplane. Surrounded by a large crowd pressed close around the airplane, Henshaw is lifted bodily from the cockpit and carried upon the shoulders of well wishers. The next scene is a closeup of Henshaw, with face blackened by oil, drinking from a cup, while surrounded by a group of men. Glimpse from behind Gravesend's Mayor, wearing Chain of office, as he greets Henshaw, who is next seen being carried, again, on shoulders of greeters, accompanied by several policemen. (Note: Alex Henshaw set a record in 1939, taking off on 5 February 1939 from Gravesend Airport, landing at Wingfield Aerodrome at the Cape on the 6th. He flew 6,377 miles in 39 hours and 25 minutes, averaging 209.44 mph. This film shows the completion of his return flight retracing the same route and distance, which took 11 minutes longer.)
Prince Edward, the youngest Prince of Britain, plays with his parents in London, England.
The youngest Prince of Britain. Prince Edward of Britain with his parents. The baby with his parents, the Duke and the Duchess of Kent, Prince George and Princess Marina.
Doctor David Livingstone meeting Queen Victoria (dramatized), sharing his experience finding Victoria Falls and exploring Africa
Actors in dramatized scenes, together with actual footage of natural landmarks and wildlife in Africa. David Livingstone meets Queen Victoria in Windsor Castle. David Livingstone reports his discoveries in Africa, such as the Victoria Falls, which he named after the Queen. David Livingstone bows to Queen Victoria. Queen Victoria and her mother, Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (Duchess of Kent and Strathearn), listens to David Livingstone. Thundering waters of Victoria Falls. Herds of zebra, letchwe and wildebeeste grazing in Southern African Savannah. Egrets circling above buffaloes in the African Savannah. Elands, sable antelopes, roan antelopes, druikers in forest. A cheetah waits for prey in rocky hill. Pelicans fly over a lake.
State funeral procession for British Nurse Edith Cavell.
Following a State Funeral at Westminster Abbey, coffin bearing Nurse Edith Cavell's body is carried out and put on gun carriage. Mourners attend the funeral. Mourners, sailors with wreaths, nurses and other services in procession with horse-drawn carriage move on road. Soldiers lift the coffin. Coffin transferred at a ship for its transport to Norfolk for burial at Norwich Cathedral. (This state funeral followed disinterment of Cavell's body in Belgium, after her execution on October 12, 1915).
Nurses carry injured U.S. soldiers on wheel chair and men take out injured from a medical van in England.
Injured U.S. soldiers in England. Nurses carry injured men on wheel chair. An army medic checks a injured man on wheel chair. Men sitting on ground cheer and wave. Nurses with army medics come out of a building. Men take out injured on stretchers from a medical van.
Bell Telephone advertisement chronicles costs for telephone calls reducing from 1915 to 1970.
Bell Telephone television advertisement depicts the cost of telephone calls over years from 1915 to 1970. Pictures of streets and houses in Boston. Portrait of Alexander Graham Bell. The cost of telephone from 20.70 dollars in 1915 reduced to 70 cents in 1970. Rapid paced montage of images (some still and some motion) from 1915 to 1970. Poster reads 'Japan at War'. Man and woman dance. Missile launched from launch pad. Aircraft parked on runway. The cost of long distance telephone charges reduced over the years. Different types of telephones seen in 1970.
