Giant Liner's Maiden Voyage (1931)

Full title reads: "Croydon. Giant Liner's Maiden Flight. Junkers G.38 - largest all-metal aeroplane in the World - arrives. A 'Moth' could go between her landing wheels!"



Croydon, near London / Surrey.



The massive (for the time) German Junkers G38 airliner moves slowly across the airfield at Croydon. The G-38 plane is marked as being part of the Lufthansa fleet of commercial / civil aircraft.



N.B. The 'Moth' of the title is a reference for a small kind of biplane.
FILM ID:809.28

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