Original upload date: Sun, 13 Apr 2014 00:00:00 GMT
Archive date: Sun, 05 Dec 2021 18:00:20 GMT
Full title reads: "Heston Park. To fly round the world - alone! Hon. Mrs. Victor Bruce sets off in her Blackburn 'Blue Bird' on greatest adventure yet undertaken by a woman."
Heston Park Airfield,
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Middlesex.
Shot of famous female aviator Hon. Mrs Bruce standing next to her 'Bluebird' aircraft.
Closer shot of her seated in cockpit talking. She appears to be using her radio. More shots of her in cockpit. She is wearing a flying helmet.
Man, presumably her husband, hands in equipment and food and drink to her. She shuts the cockpit and gives him a kiss.
Shots of the plane taking off.
N.B. The Hon Mrs Victor Bruce was, before her marriage, Mary Petre. MD.
FILM ID:743.3
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