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Doncaster Air-Port AKA Doncaster Airport 1934
Description
Full title reads: "DONCASTER AIR PORT - Lord Lonsdale declares 'drome officially open."
Doncaster, Yorkshire.
Close up shot of Lord Lonsdale declaring Doncaster airport open. People gathered around looking on - several planes are seen in background.
Lord Lonsdale wishes it...
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Sanja
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Sound
- Media URN:
- 9616
- Sort Number:
- 34/044
- Time in/Out:
- 01:43:13:00 / 01:44:04:00
- Canister:
- 34/44
- Film ID:
- 785.34
- Issue Date:
- 31/05/1934
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Attached is a magazine article of the era reporting the opening of Doncaster airport. It identifies the date of the opening as being 26 May 1934......
www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchiv
e/view/1934/1934 - 0544.html
"One of the planes descends" - it's a Handley Page HP.33 Clive 1, Reg. No. G-ABYX.