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Hover-Lawn Mower 1965
Description
Rickmansworth.
Documentation from Flymo ltd entitled 'Britain to export flying lawn mower', 'Revolutionary new air cushion lawnmower', 'Background on the Flymo lawnmower' and promotional photographs.
VS demonstration of hover-lawn mower which hovers a quarter of an inch above the...
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Agnew
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Silent
- Media URN:
- 87626
- Sort Number:
- UN 4004 E
- Time in/Out:
- 02:01:27:00 / 02:02:02:00
- Canister:
- UN 4004 E
- Film ID:
- 3102.17
- Issue Date:
- 1965
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