Air Hotel Takes Off 1936

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Item title reads - Air hotel takes off. Britain's new wonder plane in flight.

Rochester, Kent.

M/S of the large seaplane "Canopus" floating on the river. M/S's as it taxis across the water. The narrator says it is one of 29 aeroplanes, or flying boats, designed to fly to various...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
13047
Sort Number:
36/055
Time in/Out:
01:20:46:00 / 01:21:50:00
Canister:
36/55
Film ID:
887.10
Issue Date:
09/07/1936

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