A Risky Ride 1932

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Description

An airship pulls along a group of aquaplanists.

Introductory intertitle reads: "Aquaplaning behind water craft is one thing, but to be towed by airship is another - if the airship decides to rise suddenly."

L/S of a Goodyear airship rising above a lake or stretch of sea. Low angle...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
51290
Sort Number:
PSP 750
Time in/Out:
01:52:05:00 / 01:53:22:00
Canister:
PSP 750
Film ID:
1594.23
Issue Date:
18/08/1932

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