First Man To Glide The Channel 1923

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Item title reads - First man to glide the Channel, Mr Barbot receives congratulations after his successful flight on a 15 h.p. monoplane. France.

L/S aerial view of the monoplane on the ground surrounded by people. M/S as Mr Barbot gets in the monoplane and looks round, people take photographs...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
23703
Sort Number:
G 0980
Time in/Out:
01:34:11:00 / 01:35:11:00
Canister:
G 980
Film ID:
304.27
Issue Date:
17/05/1923

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