Death Missed By Inches (1927)
Item title reads: Death Missed By Inches. Coolheaded and skilful handling by pilot during tests with new catapult launching device, averts United States of America (USA). M, S of a ship in dock. There are Stars and Stripes flags flying. On the far side, the seaplane can be seen, being swung round into position on a catapult ramp. The catapult device is fired somehow, and the seaplane is seen to shoot off. It launches, but bumps over the water of the bay without taking off. Finally it achieves lift off, climbing into the air, turning and banking. FILM ID:710. 3 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 than 136, 000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (19101932), Empire News Bulletin (19261930), British
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