All British Hydro Glider 1931

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Title reads: "... here's the All-British Hydro-glider, first of air-screw-propelled Fleet of passenger and mail carrying craft for rivers and canals."

Small boat - the 'Solent Hydroglider' - as mechanic starts engine. The boats engine turns a propellor in the back which pushes the boat through...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
12692
Sort Number:
31/074
Time in/Out:
01:06:48:00 / 01:08:53:00
Canister:
31/74
Film ID:
867.05
Issue Date:
14/09/1931

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