Aeroplane Prepares For Flight 1920-1930

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Aeroplane prepares for flight.

Location of events unknown / unclear.

MS as large aeroplane with folded up wings is brought out on horse-drawn cart. MS as it stops in front of hotel. LS big hangar, man walks about in front. MS as men dismantle the boards in front. MS aeroplane inside,...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
sound
Media URN:
76105
Sort Number:
ON 279 F
Time in/Out:
01:23:08:00 / 01:27:10:00
Canister:
ON 279 F
Film ID:
2378.15
Issue Date:
1920 - 1930

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  • Note that the horse-drawn cart is operated by the famous "Pickfords" moving company.

    jamied 10th May 2012
  • There's more footage of this story in clip 2378.15.

    The man sat in the car in the cloth cap at 01:59 is Gustav Hamel. Given that Hamel went missing over the English Channel on 23 May 1914, never to be found, the clip's date range needs altering to 1910-1914.

    jamied 22nd Jun 2012
  • Oops, I earlier said there's more footage of this story in clip 2378.15 - the extra footage is actually in clip 2474.32.

    jamied 6th Mar 2013

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