Aviation's Pioneers 1932

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Full title reads: "America. Aviation's Pioneers. National Memorial to the Wright Brothers on site of their first flight ... and it was only 29 years ago ... unveiled."

United States of America.

Poorly copied library footage of what the voiceover tells us is the Wright Brothers first...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
5288
Sort Number:
32/097
Time in/Out:
01:39:09:00 / 01:39:49:00
Canister:
32/97
Film ID:
689.28
Issue Date:
05/12/1932

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