Composite Aircraft Ready For Test Flight… 1937

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Title reads: "Rochester".

Kent.

New invention, Mayo composite aircraft ready for test flight. The Short Mayo Twin Machine: the upper half is a seaplane that will take off from the water on the back of the lower flying boat. Various shots of large seaplane floating on sea, a smaller...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
13999
Sort Number:
37/082
Time in/Out:
01:26:22:00 / 01:26:48:00
Canister:
37/82
Film ID:
939.36
Issue Date:
14/10/1937

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