Gander To London - BOAC Vc10 Automatic Landing 1968

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BOAC VC10 travelling from Gander, Newfoundland to London Airport, makes automatic landing (using automatic pilot).

Air to air shot passenger airliner in flight. M/S interior of pilot's cabin. M/S throttles moving on their own. C/U ditto. L/S the flight deck. C/U control column moving. C/U...

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
33072
Sort Number:
68/042
Time in/Out:
01:16:31:00 / 01:17:40:00
Canister:
68/42
Film ID:
2061.06
Issue Date:
23/05/1968

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