Aerial Quay 1921

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Item title reads - The Aerial "Quay". Air Ministry's demonstration of value of the "mooring mast" for civil aviation. Pulham.

M/S of the R-33 above the ground attached to a mooring mast. C/U of the front of the airship by the mast. M/S of the airship floating upwards.

Data

Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
22301
Sort Number:
G 0777
Time in/Out:
01:59:36:00 / 02:00:22:00
Canister:
G 777
Film ID:
234.56
Issue Date:
02/06/1921

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