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Air News 1951
Description
Biggin Hill, Kent.
Australian Prime Minister Robert Menzies entering hangar at Biggin Hill airfield to name the new Britain's jet bomber 'Canberra'. Guard of Honour lined up on tarmac in background. Plane with British and Australian flags over it. Mr Menzies mounts the dais and starts speaking...
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Sanja
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Sound
- Media URN:
- 47142
- Sort Number:
- 51/008
- Time in/Out:
- 01:57:22:00 / 01:58:36:00
- Canister:
- 51/8
- Film ID:
- 1435.37
- Issue Date:
- 25/01/1951
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The naming ceremony took place on 19th January 1951.
www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1952/1952 - 0165.html
(detail confirmed in the 2nd paragraph down on the right hand side)