France's Air Armada 1933

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Full title reads: "Istres. France's Air Armada. Thirty aeroplanes leave on first 'leg' of great 15,625 mile mass flight over Africa."

Istres, France.

Pilots meet various dignitaries who have come to see them off.

Aerial views of the airfield where the 30 planes are lined...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
6713
Sort Number:
33/091
Time in/Out:
01:54:23:00 / 01:55:16:00
Canister:
33/91
Film ID:
735.45
Issue Date:
13/11/1933

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