American Aircraft 1971

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Various shots of American Airlines planes taxiing at airport and taking off. Various shots of American planes. Medium close-up of Pan Am flight landing and passing camera left to right. Various shots of Northwest plane coming into land and passing camera to the right. Shots...

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Cataloguer:
James
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
86925
Sort Number:
UN 4579 F
Time in/Out:
01:42:52:00 / 01:53:51:00
Canister:
UN 4579 F
Film ID:
3059.10
Issue Date:
1971

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