"Ford To Build Aeroplanes Here?" 1930

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Full title reads: "Heston Aerodrome. 'Ford to build aeroplanes here?' First of new all-metal 16 passenger three-engined plane, arrives."

Heston Aerodrome, Middlesex / Greater London.

Pan along two Ford built airliners.

Shots of mechanics starting up one of the engines.

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
7908
Sort Number:
30/042
Time in/Out:
01:20:25:00 / 01:22:16:00
Canister:
30/42
Film ID:
747.16
Issue Date:
23/10/1930

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