AIR DISPLAY, RENFREW
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Title: AIR DISPLAY, RENFREW
Reference number: 2195
Date: 1935 - 1939*
Director: [filmed by James Blair]
Sound: silent
Original format: 16mm
Colour: bwcol
Fiction: non-fiction
Running time: 5.16 mins
Description: General views of an air shows. Includes Allan Cobham's Air Circus, at Renfrew as well as footage of Empire Air Day.
Shotlist: No credits. [B & W *1935] General views Allan Cobham's Air Circus at Renfrew Aerodrome. Includes shot of aircraft G-ABSI, Allan Cobham's Airspeed Ferry (which was the aircraft people got into for their 5 bob or 10 shilling flights); tracking shots from plane, brief aerial shots down to River Clyde. (1.02) General views of display, circa 1937. Probably an Empire Air Day (May), location unknown but not Renfrew. Aircraft seen include Handley Page bi-plane, Cierva Autogiro (4.34); [Col. *1939] Empire Air Day (May) General views of planes in the air, all are military craft and include flying boats, a Hurricane, Spitfire, parachustists etc. (5.16)