'aerial Dispatch Riders' Use Planes & Bicycles 1914-1918

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Aerial dispatch riders use planes and bicycles. Location of events unknown.

Aviation. World War One. 'America's Aerial Dispatch Riders'. CU aeroplane with pilot; passenger; & bicycle strapped on side of body; next to cockpit; starts to taxi. Aeroplane flying. Aeroplane taxiing again after landing....

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Cataloguer:
Cheri
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
72191
Sort Number:
ON 72 N
Time in/Out:
01:20:03:00 / 01:20:50:00
Canister:
ON 072 N
Film ID:
1878.22
Issue Date:
1914 - 1918

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Travel & Exploration War & Revolution War & Revolution
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WWI Aviation

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