Giant Bomber 1937

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Description

Full title reads: "SEATTLE, U.S."

Seattle, United States of America.

Several shots of the new American giant bomber plane - the world's largest bombing plane, they claim. Plane takes off. Plane in flight.

Data

Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
13908
Sort Number:
37/086
Time in/Out:
01:02:19:00 / 01:02:48:00
Canister:
37/86
Film ID:
937.04
Issue Date:
28/10/1937

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