Graveyard Of Germany's Air Ambitions 1920

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Berlin, Germany.

Intertitle: "The GRAVEYARD OF GERMANY'S AIR AMBITIONS. Immense numbers of machines and engines are being destroyed under terms of Peace Treaty".

Panning shot over a vest scrap yard - half destroyed biplanes are piled in heaps. M/S of a man with a large hammer breaking...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
22007
Sort Number:
G 0723
Time in/Out:
01:55:56:00 / 01:56:52:00
Canister:
G 723
Film ID:
222.34
Issue Date:
25/11/1920

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