Hovercraft Trials 1962

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Title reads: "Hovercraft Trials".

Southampton, Hampshire.

Various shots SRN1 (Saunders Roe N1) hovercraft drifting in water. L/S the Vickers VA3 hovercraft. M/S man throwing line from the VA3. M/S VA3 under tow. Various shots the SRN2 hovercraft. L/S the SRN1 under speed coming towards...

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
53388
Sort Number:
62/044
Time in/Out:
01:25:02:00 / 01:26:18:00
Canister:
62/44
Film ID:
1719.18
Issue Date:
31/05/1962

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