Flying Saucer 1950

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Harpenden, Hertfordshire.

L/S of a flat 'flying saucer' zooming through the air . The saucer lands on the ground - not very impressive. We are told that 14-year-old Jeremy Coles made 'The Flying Plate' himself.

Jeremy and another boy refuel the 'plate', adjust it and start it up by...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
34458
Sort Number:
NP 298
Time in/Out:
01:50:23:00 / 01:51:18:00
Canister:
NP 298
Film ID:
1277.31
Issue Date:
29/05/1950

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