Amy's Wonderful Welcome Home - Sound Version 1930

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Titles missing - issue sheet reads: "Air Port of London. Amy's Wonderful Welcome Home - teeming thousands wait till nightfall to greet our Heroine of the Skies."

London Airport, possibly Croydon.

Travel shots from a vehicle driving along past crowds waiting to greet female aviator...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
6417
Sort Number:
30/020
Time in/Out:
01:16:03:00 / 01:20:03:00
Canister:
30/20
Film ID:
721.11
Issue Date:
07/08/1930

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