Air Rescue 1956

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Thorney Island, Hampshire.

M/Ss as an RAF officer, Flight Lieutenant Harry Monks, on a survival test lands in a field by parachute; he gathers up the parachute and carries it and his kit bag to a suitable spot for camping. C/U as he sits on the bundled up parachute, starts to undo his survival...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
3108
Sort Number:
CP 054
Time in/Out:
01:08:47:00 / 01:11:40:00
Canister:
CP 054
Film ID:
203.04
Issue Date:
09/01/1956

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