First Lion To Fly Tinted 1925

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Item title reads - First lion to fly! HUGHES, MISS A. Daughter of Sir Sam Hughes, Canadian ex-Minister for Defence, brings her pet lion home by air. Croydon, Surrey.

M/S as Miss Hughes emerges from the door of the aeroplane holding a basket. A man lifts the little lion cub out and holds it...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
25093
Sort Number:
G 1185
Time in/Out:
01:34:45:00 / 01:35:20:00
Canister:
G 1185
Film ID:
390.20
Issue Date:
30/04/1925

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