Birmingham Air Pageant 1927

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Item title reads: "Birmingham air pageant
Air Marshal Sir Sefton Brancker, the Lord Major and huge crowds at greatest aerial display out-side London in the world."

Castle Bromwich, Birmingham, West Midlands

A number of biplanes are lined up on an airfield, the camera pans to show...

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Cataloguer:
Margaret
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
33199
Sort Number:
G 1416
Time in/Out:
01:44:41:00 / 01:46:55:00
Canister:
G 1416
Film ID:
690.27
Issue Date:
18/07/1927

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