America's New Airship AKA America's New… 1921

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Item title reads - America's new airship. The R-38 - built in England - which is to fly the Atlantic. Bedford.

We see men opening doors to reveal the large airship. A man climbs a rope ladder up to it. Various shots of the airship from the ground, the camera pans around and we see it from...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
22305
Sort Number:
G 0778
Time in/Out:
01:01:55:00 / 01:02:57:00
Canister:
G 778
Film ID:
236.03
Issue Date:
06/06/1921

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