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Air Tank Contest 1921
Description
Item title reads - Air tank contest. £2,000 are offered by the Air Ministry in the hope of finding a crash proof petrol tank. Farnborough, Hampshire.
M/S of a petrol tank slowly climbing up a pulley, various shots as it shoots down and hits the rocks. Men walk up to it.
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Emma
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Silent
- Media URN:
- 22653
- Sort Number:
- G 0831
- Time in/Out:
- 01:03:54:00 / 01:04:30:00
- Canister:
- G 831
- Film ID:
- 250.05
- Issue Date:
- 09/12/1921
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