Air Age Dawning 1926

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Full title reads: "Air age dawning? Mr. Mines, intrepid inventor, continues experimenting with his self-made glider".

Southport, Merseyside.

M/S of car parked on sand dunes, in foreground several men are fixing together glider wings. C/U of the wings, there is a harness on the underside...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
26498
Sort Number:
G 1355
Time in/Out:
01:54:37:00 / 01:56:47:00
Canister:
G 1355
Film ID:
660.26
Issue Date:
16/12/1926

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