By Air Taxi Over The Alps 1927

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Item title reads:" By Air Taxi Over the Alps. Mr. Lester Hamilton in his Vickers Viking Napier Amphibian - lands his passengers, Princess de Lowenstein and Duc de Nemours, at the hotel door at St. Mortiz."

St. Moritz, Switzerland

L/S across a snowy mountainous scene at St. Moritz....

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Cataloguer:
Margaret
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
sound
Media URN:
26586
Sort Number:
G 1369
Time in/Out:
01:24:52:00 / 01:26:34:00
Canister:
G 1369
Film ID:
668.16
Issue Date:
03/02/1927

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  • The aircraft seen is a Vickers 60 Viking Mk IV, Reg. No. G-EBED.

    jamied 16th May 2012

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