Atlantic Flown Again 1929

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Item title reads - Atlantic flown again. Two daring aviators Lewis Yancey and Roger Williams successfully cross from America to Rome on the "Pathfinder" - Italy.

M/S of Lewis Yancey and Roger Williams leaning against the aeroplane. A man shakes their hands when they are sat in the 'plane....

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
19010
Sort Number:
G 1625
Time in/Out:
01:01:25:00 / 01:03:16:00
Canister:
G 1625
Film ID:
828.02
Issue Date:
17/07/1929

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British Pathe captured many extraordinary events on film over its 80 year history but sometimes the cameras were switched on when tragedy struck.
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