Big Feats By Little Aeroplanes 1923

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Item title reads - Big feats by little aeroplanes. Non-stop flight of 300 miles, 87 1/2 miles on a gallon on petrol, brings day when we shall have our own planes appreciably nearer. Near Lympne.

M/S of a small one seat aeroplane on the airfield, the camera pans across to another one, people...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
24025
Sort Number:
G 1023
Time in/Out:
01:26:56:00 / 01:28:21:00
Canister:
G 1023
Film ID:
318.13
Issue Date:
15/10/1923

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