Night Flight (1939)

Titles read: NIGHT FLIGHT Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Brief shots of passengers boarding a Dakota aeroplane at night for the mail flight to Brisbane in Queensland. C, U of the propellor starting to spin; the plane takes off. Ground to air M, S pan with Dakota flying overhead at night. Various shots during the flight show the view from the plane, pilot and crew in the cockpit, passengers in their seats, C, Us of dials in the cockpit. The plane starts to descend into Brisbane; lights of the city and then the runway are seen could be any city at night. Plane taxis after landing. The airline pilot shows a log sheet or logbook to a man in a boiler suit. FILM A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more th