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Helicopter Over The Alps 1950
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Unused / unissued footage - dates and locations may be unknown / unclear.
Helicopter follows same route taken by George Chavez, first man to fly over the Alps on 23 September 1910.
Italian newsreel titles read: 'IN MEMORIA DI GEO CHAVEZ - UN ELICOTTERO TRAVERSA LE ALPI'.
Several...
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Sarah
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Mute
- Media URN:
- 65950
- Sort Number:
- UN 2297 I
- Time in/Out:
- 01:31:19:00 / 01:33:11:00
- Canister:
- UN 2297 I
- Film ID:
- 2318.15
- Issue Date:
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