First Glider Train Crosses Atlantic 1943

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Full title reads: "FIRST GLIDER TRAIN CROSSES ATLANTIC".

Britain.

Various shots of a plane pulling a glider which is full of war goods, as it arrives at British air base from America. Various shots of the crew of the Dakota leaving their plane. The freight is unloaded from a glider...

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
38028
Sort Number:
43/054
Time in/Out:
01:33:40:00 / 01:34:44:00
Canister:
43/54
Film ID:
1087.15
Issue Date:
08/07/1943

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