Atlantic Air Liner's First Flight 1936

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Item title reads - Atlantic air liner's first flight.

Rochester, Kent.

M/S of a new flying boat "Caledonia" as it taxis across the water. M/S of the pilot. This large aeroplane has a smoking room and sleeping bunks in preparation for its flight across the Atlantic. M/S as it taxis...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
13132
Sort Number:
36/074
Time in/Out:
01:08:36:00 / 01:09:55:00
Canister:
36/74
Film ID:
893.05
Issue Date:
14/09/1936

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