In As Many Days 1933

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Full title reads: "Croydon. In As Many Days as it would have once taken weeks, Lord Londonderry - Minister for Air - returns after inspection of the R.A.F. units in Egypt, Palestine & Iraq."

Croydon, Greater London.

A large Imperial Airways biplane airliner lands at Croydon Airport.

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
5409
Sort Number:
33/010
Time in/Out:
01:53:47:00 / 01:54:31:00
Canister:
33/10
Film ID:
695.34
Issue Date:
02/02/1933

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