Astra Gazette No 3 - Part 1 1955

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Title: "Astra Gazette".

Intertitle reads: "Helicopter Girl".

Various shots of helicopter stunt over London: Madame Andree Jan sits on a trapeze swing suspended beneath helicopter, helicopter flies over Battersea Festival Gardens and River Thames. This section is same as story in Colour...

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
90731
Sort Number:
Astra Gazette Number 3 (DOCS)
Time in/Out:
01:44:13:00 / 01:50:03:00
Canister:
Astra Gazette Number 3 (DOCS)
Film ID:
3256.05
Issue Date:
1955

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