Air Tragedy In Tokyo 1966

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Unissued / unused material - dates and locations may be unclear / unknown.

Tokyo, Japan

VS In the cold of night at Tokyo Airport the wreckage of a Canadian plane which has crashed into a seawall at the end of the runway claiming sixty-four lives. The scene is floodlit to aid firemen...

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Cataloguer:
Heather
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
89547
Sort Number:
UN 4115 D
Time in/Out:
01:25:25:00 / 01:26:48:00
Canister:
UN 4115 D
Film ID:
3193.08
Issue Date:
1966

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