Air Pioneer Of Empire (1926)

Full title reads: Air Pioneer of Empire. Unparalleled scenes of enthusiasm as Alan Cobham arrives after his 13, 000 mile flight from London. Melbourne, Australia. L, S of aeroplane landing. As the plane lands on a field a vast crowd runs towards it. Scene looks chaotic; some of crowd almost get caught under wing of plane as it taxis. A policeman on a white horse tried to keep control. Intertitle reads: Cheering, surging. .. but quite unmanageable. .. crowd of 150, 000 swept away all official reception arrangements. Various L, Ss of surging crowd, they almost engulf aeroplane. Intertitle reads: A hundred hands tore the Wreath of Wattle into a thousand souvenirs after we had taken this shot M, S of wreath of foliage on propeller of aeroplane, crowd can be seen surging in background looks almost out of control. M, S of plane being pushed along by crowd. Intertitle reads: and indeed, the police and Air Force had difficult task to protect the de Havilland plane from overeager enth