Below is a short piece of footage from the offical opening of Exeter Municipal Airport, 30 July 1938.

The text below is taken from the information supplied with this footage.

The soundtrack is currently missing for this item. Exeter, Devon. Pan across a large crowd of people listening to a speech by Air Minister Sir Kingsley Wood at the opening of the new Exeter Airport. M/S of Sir Kingsley talking before a microphone. We then see people wandering about the new airfield and looking at aeroplanes. Note: commentary in paperwork says that Sir Kingsley tells a story against himself - alas, we cannot hear it! FILM ID:1037.16 A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT'S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. http://www.britishpathe.tv/ FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT http://www.britishpathe.com/ British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.

 https://youtu.be/85iIhOhp6H4?si=F37C-yEGYG6fD02_

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