Gliding Demonstration In California 1939

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Full titles read: "GLIDING IN CALIFORNIA"

L/S's of people preparing their gliding for take-off in California in the United States of America. Excellent aerial footage taken an airborne glider. Various L/S's of the gliders in flight. M/S of the back of a female pilot's head in a cockpit. L/'S...

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Cataloguer:
Howard
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
14240
Sort Number:
39/036
Time in/Out:
01:51:13:00 / 01:53:12:00
Canister:
39/36
Film ID:
1005.47
Issue Date:
04/05/1939

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