Big Shots 1946

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Title reads: "Big Shots".

United States of America, USA.

Various shots of the huge Howard Hughes' experimental flying boat on back of large truck driving slowly along. Shot of the huge nose of plane and close up of wingspan give some idea of huge size of plane.

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
45635
Sort Number:
46/050
Time in/Out:
01:46:46:00 / 01:49:09:00
Canister:
46/50
Film ID:
1402.15
Issue Date:
24/06/1946

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0:010:020:030:04

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