300 Miles An Hour? 1928

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Full titles read: "300 Miles an hour? - Bad luck mars first attempt of Flight Lt. Kinkead & R.A.F. wonder 'Plane to beat World record."

Calshot, Hampshire.

M/S of Flight Lieutenant Kinkead climbing into the cockpit of his plane, the Supermarine Napier S.5.; L/S of the plane being wheeled...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
33764
Sort Number:
G 1484
Time in/Out:
01:06:37:00 / 01:08:26:00
Canister:
G 1484
Film ID:
720.06
Issue Date:
12/03/1928

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