BLUEBIRD TRIALS

Bluebird Trials 1958

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Location unknown but probably Coniston Water in the Lake District.

Various shots of Bluebird doing trial runs across lake.

Orig. Neg.

Data

Cataloguer:: Jane
Stock:: Black & White
Sound:: Mute
Media URN:: 84426
Sort Number:: UN 3172 C

Time in/Out:: 01:45:04:00 / 01:49:19:00
Canister:: UN 3172 C
Film ID:: 2928.20
Issue Date:: 1958

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