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Big Shots 1946
Description
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.
Milan and...
Data
- 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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