3000 Ft. Plane Jump On 81st Birthday 1949

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Full title reads: "3000 ft Plane Jump on 81st Birthday".

Dansville, New York, United States of America (USA).

SV Back view Bernard MacFadden climbing into aircraft wearing a parachute harness.

LV Pan aircraft taking off.

CU Inside aircraft, MacFadden relaxing in...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
46317
Sort Number:
49/069
Time in/Out:
01:46:40:00 / 01:47:35:00
Canister:
49/69
Film ID:
1421.32
Issue Date:
29/08/1949

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