Hovercraft First Ferry 1962

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Hovercraft first ferry. Rhyl in North Wales.

M/S The Vickers V.A.3 on the sands at Rhyl. M/S Pan, the forward drive motors. C/U The wind speed indicator. M/S The cockpit. C/U The base of the Hovercraft as the air cushion is formed and the craft starts to move away from camera until we have...

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Cataloguer:
Howard
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
53606
Sort Number:
62/059
Time in/Out:
01:00:17:00 / 01:01:49:00
Canister:
62/59
Film ID:
1727.01
Issue Date:
23/07/1962

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