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Gliders 1944
Description
Unissued / unused material - dates and locations unclear or unknown.
Various shots of USAF airmen fixing rope to glider. On side of glider is painted name "Old Canvas Sides". The other end of the rope is looped over two tall poles about 100 yards from the glider. A Dakota aeroplane swoops low...
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Amelia
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Mute
- Media URN:
- 62230
- Sort Number:
- UN 1036 C
- Time in/Out:
- 01:55:34:00 / 01:59:51:00
- Canister:
- UN 1036 C
- Film ID:
- 1997.17
- Issue Date:
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