Across The Channel And Back In 107 Minutes 1928

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Item title reads - Across the English Channel and back in 107 minutes. Pathe Gazette presents only pictures taken of the Honourable Mrs Victor Bruce's single-handed, daring record-breaking cross-Channel dash in a light outboard hydroplane. Dover, Kent.

M/S of Mrs Mary Bruce standing by her...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
35086
Sort Number:
G 1537
Time in/Out:
01:41:47:00 / 01:43:24:00
Canister:
G 1537
Film ID:
742.33
Issue Date:
13/09/1928

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