Canada's Hero Airmen 1930

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Full title reads: "Canada's Hero Airmen. All Toronto turns out to welcome Capt. Errol Boyd and Harry Connor home - again after their wonderful trans-atlantic flight."

Toronto, Canada.

Plane comes in to land at airfield. It taxies to waiting people . Shots of Captain Errol Boyd and...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
8672
Sort Number:
30/056
Time in/Out:
01:26:30:00 / 01:27:43:00
Canister:
30/56
Film ID:
761.16
Issue Date:
11/12/1930

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