Aloft Over Alaska! 1940

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Titles read: "Now Pathetone Lightens The 'Blackout' With - ALOFT OVER ALASKA!"

Vancouver, British Columbia.

Various shots of a seaplane being fuelled and the crew and Eskimo guide getting ready for take off for a reconnoitre trip to Alaska for a new highway. Several aerial shots of...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
41442
Sort Number:
PT 515
Time in/Out:
01:28:37:00 / 01:29:39:00
Canister:
PT 515
Film ID:
1198.16
Issue Date:
12/02/1940

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