Going Up! 1942

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Description

Titles read: "GOING UP!"

United States of America.

Air to air shots of stratosphere aircraft, designed for action at a height of 5 miles.

Several shots of two US air pilots in a pressure chamber where they are subjected to the same conditions they would find during a flight...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
43930
Sort Number:
42/049
Time in/Out:
01:41:06:00 / 01:42:35:00
Canister:
42/49
Film ID:
1330.21
Issue Date:
18/06/1942

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