Figure 1.--At the end of the film, some of the children of the Italian flyer appears. Here an Italian boy wears a sailor hat with kneepants and dark long stockings. His sister wears a sailor dress.
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Figure 1.--At the end of the film, some of the children of the Italian flyer appears. Here an Italian boy wears a sailor hat with kneepants and dark long stockings. His sister wears a sailor dress. |
Rather amusing film about an early air race between London and Paris. It is 1910 and the new-fangled flying machines have taken hold of the popular imagination-everone is crazy about them. A wealthy London publisher in an effort to increase circulation, organizes a contest to be covered by his newspaper. He offers a £10,000 prize to whoever manages to cross the English Channel in a plane and arrive first in Paris. Immediately a large raucus group of money-mad aviators adhering to every conceivable national stereotype are off and flying--hoping to win the race and their fortune. There are quite a few good laughs in the film. The best line is Robert Morley's delivered in best British disdain, "These international events would be splendid if it wasn't for all the foreigners." The best part is the Italian participant and his family. The children are mostly girls, but there are also boys. The costuming is excellent showing 1910 fashions. There are, however, few children shown. The best one of the children is about 10 or so and wears a white Buster Brown sailor suit with bloomers (I think), short white socks and Mary Jane black patent leather shoes. The children appear several times, but it is hard getting a good look at the one in the sailor suit. The best view of the children's clothes is the scene at the very end when the father promises never to fly again.
The actual full title of the film is: "Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines--or How I Flew From London to Paris in 25 hours and 11 minutes"
Rather amusing film about an early air race between London and Paris. It is 1910 and the new-fangled flying machines have taken hold of the popular imagination-everone is crazy about them. A wealthy London publisher in an effort to increase circulation, organizes a contest to be covered by his newspaper. He offers a £10,000 prize to whoever manages to cross the English Channel in a plane and arrive first in Paris. Immediately a large raucus group of money-mad aviators adhering to every conceivable national stereotype are off and flying--hoping to win the race and their fortune.
There are quite a few good laughs in the film. The best line is Robert Morley's delivered in best British disdain, "These international events would be splendid if it wasn't for all the foreigners."
The costuming is excellent showing 1910 fashions. There are, however, few children shown. The best shot of children's clothing are those of the Italian participant and his family.
The children are mostly girls, but there are also boys. The best one of the children is about 10 or so and wears a white Buster Brown sailor suit with bloomers (I think), short white socks and Mary Jane black patent leather shoes. The children appear several times, but it is hard getting a good look at the one in the sailor suit. The best view of the children's clothes is the scene at the very end when the father promises never to fly again.
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