Car-Plane Marvel Dublin Issue 1942

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Titles read: "CAR-PLANE MARVEL".

United States of America.

M/S of a small vehicle that looks like a tiny plane without wings pulling out of a garage beside a house and onto the road. It drives along to an aircraft hangar where the wings are attached. The Waterman Arrowbile plane takes...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
sound
Media URN:
43642
Sort Number:
42/014
Time in/Out:
01:18:53:00 / 01:19:38:00
Canister:
42/14 (Dublin)
Film ID:
1318.10
Issue Date:
16/02/1942

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  • The aircraft seen here is the Waterman Arrowbile, Reg. No. X262Y, designed by Waldo Waterman.

    jamied 19th May 2012
  • Thanks.

    British Pathé 13th Aug 2012

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