5 New Air Liners Of The Skies (1926)

Croydon, Greater London. Title: 5 NEW LINERS OF THE SKIES christened by Lady Maude Hoare for service on Imperial Airways. M, S of a line of biplanes parked on an airfield, the one nearest the camera flies the Union Jack, a small group of people mill about in front of the planes, includes a policeman and several men in white coats. M, S of the nose of one of the planes, a woman draped in furs (Lady Maude) stands on a small step ladder, she pulls a cord to remove a curtain over the plane s name plate, simultaneously several white doves fly out of the cockpit. M, S (from a different angle) of the curtain being removed revealing the name plate City of Ottawa. C, U of Lady Maude giving three cheers. M, S of Lady M. removing a curtain covering the name plate of the plane, City of New York. M, S of Lady M. stepping out of a large aeroplane with Imperial Airways London painted on the side. Her ladyship shakes hands with several men and women waiting on the tarmac, an entourage of official looking