Airport (1934)
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Documentary (1934)
Production:
Edgar Anstey (Producer)
Roy Lockwood (Director)
Stanley Rodwell(Photographer)
Carlton Hobbs (Narrator)
Willian Hodgson (Music)
Jack Bevir (Music)
17 mins black-and-white sound film describing a day in the life of Croydon Airport which was London's leading airport during the 1920s and 1930s, this film released in 1934 was the first-ever film made by the Shell Film Unit.
Handley Page H.P.45
Imperial Airways's hangar at London Croydon Airport.
Registration G-AAXD, c/n 42/6. Delivered new to Imperial Airways in June 1930, named Horatius. Written off in July 1939. Forced landing on Tiverton golf course. It was returning to Exeter from France when the pilot could not find Exeter due to bad weather, leading him to make a forced landing. No fatalities.
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Fokker F.IX
SABENA/KLM's hangar at London Croydon Airport.
2x aircraft were operated by KLM.See discussion tab.
Fokker F.VIIb/3m
Trimotor in the background at London Croydon Airport. Seems to be a Fokker F.VIIb/3m.
Handley Page H.P.42
Handley Page H.P.45
G-AAXD seen again. Short L.17 Scylla in the background, very likely G-ACCJ seen below.
Handley Page H.P.45
Registration G-AAXC, c/n 42/5. Delivered new to Imperial Airways in August 1931. Transferred to Squadron 271 of the RAF in March 1940. Written off few weeks later at Bristol-Whitchurch Airport. Blown over in a gale and collided with G-AAUD.
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
SABCA-Fokker F.VIIb/3m
In the background behind G-AAXC already mentioned above.
Registration OO-AII, c/n 185. Belgian SABCA production delivered new to SABENA in December 1929. Destroyed by fire after Fairey Fox '0-47' crashed into a hangar in Evere in July 1934.
Short L.17 Scylla
First of the two built, registration G-ACJJ, c/n S.768. Delivered new to Imperial Airways in March 1934, named Scylla. Transferred toB.O.A.C in 1939. Destroyed in gale Drem, UK in September 1940.
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Handley Page H.P.45 to the left background. Maybe G-AAXD seen earlier above.
Handley Page H.P.45
G-AAXD seen again.
Wibault 280T
Handley Page H.P.42 in the background.
SABCA-Fokker F.VIIb/3m
Registration OO-AIK, c/n 187. Belgian SABCA production delivered new to SABENA in January 1930. Written off in September 1936.
G-AAXD already mentioned above is taking off in the background.
Handley Page H.P.45
G-AAXD taking off.
Handley Page H.P.45
Continuity error with change to G-AAXC.
Junkers Ju 52/3me & Avro 652
Foreground left, Short L.17 Scylla registered G-ACJJ already mentioned above.
Background on the left Junkers Ju 52/3me of DLH, registration D-AMYR, c/n 5071. Delivered new in October 1934, named Telefunken.
To the right an Avro 652 of Imperial Airways.
Fokker F.IX
Registration PH-AGA, c/n 5106. Delivered new to KLM in October 1929, named Adelaar. Sold to Alfred Pilain/Paris in September 1936, registered F-APFA, then to Société Française de Transports Aériens. Sent to Spanish Republicans. Damaged in bomb attack at Le Bourget in August 1937.
Fokker F.XII
Continuity error when take off, the airplane changes to Fokker F.XII.
Registration PH-AID, c/n 5291. Delivered to KLM in October 1931, named Duif. Sold to British Airways Ltd in October 1936. Scrapped in June 1940.
Various Aircraft
One distinctive Handley Page H.P.42/45 on the ground among several unidentified airplanes (too blurry). In the air one of the Fokkers of the era.
Junkers Ju 52/3me
Registration D-ADER, c/n 5120. Delivered new to DLH in 1935, named Hans Wende. Sold to Syndicato Condor in July 1938, registered PP-CBE named Yarassu.Changed to Serviços Aéreos Cruzeiro do Sul in 1943. Sold to Fuerza Aérea Argentina in August 1947, registered T-169. Bought by Ministerio de Agricultura de Argentina in April 1950, registered LV-ZBM. Withdraw from use in January 1956 after an accident at Esquel Airport in January 1958 - collision with the terrain when trying to return to the runway after takeoff. Seven fatalities.
Douglas DC-2-115B
Registration HB-ITE, c/n 1322/60. Built by Douglas USA, final assembly by Fokker Amsterdam. Delivered new to Swissair in January 1935. Sold to Phoenix Airlines of South Africa in March 1952, registered ZS-DFW. Written off at Kosti Airport, Sudan in February 1953 when overran runway.
Fokker F.XII
PH-AID seen again in flight.
Handley Page H.P.45
Registration G-AAX..(C,D,E,F).
Douglas DC-2-115B
Registration HB-ITO, c/n 1332/10. Built by Douglas USA, final assembly by Fokker Amsterdam. Delivered new to Swissair in JFebruary 1935. Sold to Phoenix Airlines of South Africa in 1952, registered ZS-DFX. Sold to AirNautic in September 1959, registered F-BJHR. Have been the the last DC-2 in service in Europe.
Wibault 282T12
Registration F-AMHK, c/n 04. Delivered new to CIDNA in May 1933. Transferred to Air France after merge in October 1933, named Le Diligent.
Junkers Ju 52/3mge
Registration D-AMIT, c/n 5060. Delivered new to DLH in October 1934, named O.v. Beaulieu-Marconnay. Sold to Luft Hansa Perú in 1940, registered OA-HHA-294 named Huascaran. Confiscated by Peruvian Govt in the late years of WWII.
Fokker F.36
Registered PH-AJA, c/n 5348. Unique copy of the model, delivered to KLM in July 1934, named Arend. Sold in September 1939 to Scottish Aviation as G-AFZR for use as a crew and navigation trainer for the Royal Air Forces No.12 Elementary Flying Training School (reg.HM161), which was operated by Scottish Aviation. It was scrapped in May 1940 after it burnt out in a take-off accident.
Fokker F.22
Registered SE-ABA, c/n 5359. Delivered new to AB Aerotransport in March 1935, named Lappland. Crashed at Bulltofta Airport, Malmö in June 1936 while attempting an emergency landing following triple engine failure, killing one of 13 on board.
Handley Page H.P.45
G-AAXD landing at London Croydon Airport .
Handley Page H.P.45
Continuity error when taxiing towards the terminal, G-AAXD changes to G-AAXC.
Maintenance at the hangar.
Total dismantling of the 4x Bristol Jupiter XFBM engines.
De Havilland DH86 Express
Handley Page H.P.45 registered G-AAXD in the background.
In the foreground:
Registration G-ACWD, c/n 2305. Delivered new to Imperial Airways in January 1935, named Dorado. Transferred to B.O.A.C in August 1940. Requisitioned by RAF in November 1941, registered HK829. Destroyed by fire when landing at Noffution North in March 1943.
Short L.17 Scylla
Closer view on Short Scylla's fuselage. Either G-ACJJ already mentioned above or G-ACJK seen below.
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
De Havilland DH.60G Gipsy Moth
Registration, c/n 1268. Delivered to Surrey Flying Services Ltd in June 1930. Requisitioned in April 1940, used as decoy.
Short L.17 Scylla
Sister aircraft, registration G-ACJK, c/n S.769. Delivered new to Imperial Airways in August 1934, named Syrinx. Transferred toB.O.A.C in 1939. Broken up in Exeter in 1940.
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
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