Cushion Craft 1963

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Description

Isle of Wight.

A firm in Jersey are the first non-military owners of the recently invented hovercraft - their intention is to use it for inter-island travel.

Various shots of the hovercraft skimming over a sandy beach. M/S three men watching. The craft gets closer to camera, one man...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
3197
Sort Number:
CP 435
Time in/Out:
01:06:38:00 / 01:07:46:00
Canister:
CP 435
Film ID:
229.05
Issue Date:
28/04/1963

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