Flight By Manpower 1962

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Title reads: "FLIGHT BY MANPOWER".

Hatfield, Hertfordshire.

Elevated shot of the Puffin (pedal-powered aeroplane) in a hangar on Hatfield Aerodrome. Various shots De Havilland aircraft expert / Chairman of Hatfield manpowered Aircraft Club John Winpenny looking at the Puffin. C/U...

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
52914
Sort Number:
62/038
Time in/Out:
01:34:24:00 / 01:35:33:00
Canister:
62/38
Film ID:
1703.20
Issue Date:
10/05/1962

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