A Wonderful Solo Flight 1927

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Item title reads: " A Wonderful Solo Flight. Lt. Bentley welcomed home by his sweetheart at end of his flight from London to Johannesburg In a "Moth." "

Johannesburg, South Africa

Shot from the ground of a Tiger Moth approaching the airfield and coming to rest. Pilot Lt. Bentley is...

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Cataloguer:
Margaret
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
33438
Sort Number:
G 1443
Time in/Out:
01:35:52:00 / 01:37:03:00
Canister:
G 1443
Film ID:
702.23
Issue Date:
20/10/1927

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