Local Aircraft 1966

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Auckland, New Zealand.

Title reads 'World's Happiest Airman'.

Various shots of pilot Fred Ladd loading his small plane up at Auckland, New Zealand. MS. The sea plane taxis into the water. LS. The plane moving along water before the take off. Various shot of Fred Ladd in the cockpit...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
76770
Sort Number:
UN 4188 H
Time in/Out:
01:40:10:00 / 01:42:26:00
Canister:
UN 4188 H
Film ID:
3218.17
Issue Date:
1966

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